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Role of Conspiracy Mentality and Paranormal Beliefs in Predicting Conspiracy Beliefs Among Neopagans [PDF]
International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 2018 Recent studies on conspiracy thinking has concluded that the strongest predictor of the tendency towards conspiratorial thinking is a one-dimensional construct-conspiracy mentality-that is relatively stable over time and valid across cultures. Lantian et al. (2016) found that a single, elaborate question can work as a measure of conspiracy beliefs.
Dyrendal, Asbjørn +2 more
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Covid‐19‐Related Conspiracy Myths, Beliefs, and Democracy‐Endangering Consequences
Politics and Governance, 2022 Since late 2020, protests against government measures to contain the Covid‐19 pandemic have swept across Germany. At the forefront of these protests was the Querdenker Movement, a heterogeneous alliance of ordinary citizens, hippies, esotericists ...
Gert Pickel +4 more
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Toward French and Italian Language Validations of the Conspiracy Mentality Scale (CMS)
Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences, 2023 The growing scientific interest in conspiracy beliefs calls for validated measures of conspiracy mentality, the tendency to believe any conspiracy theory.
Ana Stojanov, Annegret Hannawa
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Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 Although sometimes used interchangeably, the present review highlights the important differences between generalized worldviews suspecting conspiracy at play (conspiracy mentality) and specific beliefs about the existence of a certain conspiracy (conspiracy theory). In contrast to measures of beliefs in specific conspiracy theories, those of conspiracy
Roland Imhoff +2 more
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Comparing the ideological correlates of anti-government and anti-Roma conspiracy beliefs in Romania
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2023 Conspiracy theories are often viewed as the manifestation of a “conspiracy mentality” grounded in power-challenging attitudes. Contrary to this approach, it has been proposed that conspiracy theories targeting relatively powerful groups (i.e., upward ...
Kenzo Nera +2 more
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The Collective Conspiracy Mentality in Poland [PDF]
, 2018 Abstract In recent decades several conspiracy theories became prominent topics of Polish public debate: the Smoleńsk catastrophe, “gender conspiracy” and “Jewish conspiracy” are some examples of such theories. These conspiracy theories can be viewed as manifestations of a collective conspiracy mentality, a collective mental state in ...
Cichocka, Aleksandra +3 more
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Religion, Conspiracy Thinking, and the Rejection of Democracy: Evidence From the UK
Politics and Governance, 2022 While some research addresses the relationship between religiosity and political attitudes, little is known about the relationship between religion, conspiracy beliefs, and political culture.
Alexander Yendell, David Herbert
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European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction When medical professionals are obliged to adhere to lege artis and evidence-based decision-making, they need to interpret available evidence.
V. Pisl +4 more
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Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2021 Conspiracy mentality is a general tendency to attribute significant events to the actions of malevolent actors, without referencing to a specific event.
Jasna Milošević Đorđević +2 more
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Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2022 Objective: To investigate willingness to vaccination, conspiracy mentality, and belief in vaccine conspiracies among undergraduate students as well as the level of adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic.
null Mubeen Akhtar +4 more
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