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Conspiracy mentality in autistic and non-autistic individuals [PDF]

open access: yesCognitive Neuropsychiatry
BackgroundBelief in conspiracy theories has emerged across times and cultures. While previous accounts attributed conspiracy beliefs to mental health conditions, accumulating research suggests that conspiracy theories are common among the general ...
Jan-Willem van Prooijen   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Measuring Individual Differences in Generic Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Across Cultures: The Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire (CMQ) [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2013
Conspiracy theories are ubiquitous when it comes to explaining political events and societal phenomena. Individuals differ not only in the degree to which they believe in specific conspiracy theories, but also in their general susceptibility to ...
Martin eBruder   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
People differ in their general tendency to endorse conspiracy theories (i.e., conspiracy mentality). Previous research yielded inconsistent findings on the relationship between conspiracy mentality and political orientation, showing a greater conspiracy ...
Mari, Silvia   +121 more
core   +12 more sources

Social Psychological Predictors of Belief in Fake News in the Run-Up to the 2019 Hungarian Elections: The Importance of Conspiracy Mentality Supports the Notion of Ideological Symmetry in Fake News Belief [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Accessing information online is now easier than ever. However, also false information is circulated in increasing quantities. We sought to identify social psychological factors that could explain why some people are more susceptible to false information.
Zea Szebeni   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Validation of a French and English Single-Item Scale [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Review of Social Psychology, 2016
We designed, in French and in English, a single-item scale to measure people’s general tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. The validity and reliability of this scale was assessed in 3 studies (total 'N' = 555).
Anthony Lantian   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Paranormalism, Voting Intention, and Other Conspiracy Mentality Predictors in Sweden [PDF]

open access: yesTemenos
This article explores conspiracy mentality occurrence in Sweden as part of a 2020 survey of paranormal beliefs, practices, and experiences. Using the idea of a shared sociocultural milieu of alternative views and practices of knowledge as a departure ...
Cristoffer Tidelius
doaj   +2 more sources

Emotional pathways linking relative deprivation experiences to conspiracy beliefs: a mini-meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Psychology
Background Conspiracy beliefs pose a societal challenge, yet the processes through which they emerge remain debated. One pathway to conspiracy beliefs that has received limited attention is the role of emotional responses to relative deprivation (RD). RD
Katharina Abad Borger, Eva Walther
doaj   +2 more sources

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