The causal impact of conspiracy theories on personal relationships ...

The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories - Karen M. Douglas, Robbie ...

However, little research has investigated the consequences of conspiracy belief, and to date, this research does not indicate that conspiracy belief fulfills ...

On the antecedents and consequences of conspiracy theory beliefs

We present an alternative model of the relationship between exposure, beliefs, and be- haviors that accounts for other potentially causal ...

Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging ...

Even when conspiracy theories are highly unlikely to be true, they have an impact on important life dimensions such as health, interpersonal ...

Disentangling the Relationship Between Conspiracy Mindset Versus ...

Among other things, the findings suggest that a conspiracy mindset empirically can be distinguished from beliefs in specific conspiracy theories ...

Understanding Conspiracy Theories - Douglas - Wiley Online Library

Conspiracy beliefs have also been linked to the need for cognitive closure (Marchlewska, Cichocka, & Kossowska, 2018; Leman & Cinnirella, 2013), ...

How Conspiracy Theories Can Harm Dating And Relationships

“However, if the two people within the relationship share a belief in conspiracy theories, the perceived relationship satisfaction will likely ...

Individual, intergroup and nation-level influences on belief ... - Nature

Conspiracy theories are part of mainstream public life, with the potential to undermine governments, promote racism, ignite extremism and ...

Semantic and Causal Relations Between the Conspiracy Mentality ...

that the relationship is bidirectional since affirming the conspiracy mentality also had the effect of increasing belief in conspiracy theories.

CONSPIRACY_FX project on X: "Daniel Toribio Flórez @dtoribio8 ...

discusses his recent paper on conspiracy theories and interpersonal relationships with. @PsyPost · Scientists reveal the causal impact of ...

Conspiracy Beliefs and Consumption: The Role of Scientific Literacy

Conspiracy theories rely on evidence that does not meet the consistency, falsifiability, and coherency that is required by science (Lewandowsky, ...

Analysing the Causation Between Conspiracy Mentality and ... - OSF

In such an approach, the assumption that conspiracy mentality causally impacts conspiracy theory beliefs seems warranted. The conceptual ambiguities surrounding ...

The Effect of Brooding About Societal Problems on Conspiracy Beliefs

In a similar vein, the existential threat model of conspiracy theories suggests that existential threat, defined as feelings of anxiety and ...

Professor Karen Douglas - University of Kent

Beliefs in conspiracy theories are related to a diverse set of emotional and behavioral consequences. However, a theoretical model detailing ...

Narcissistic susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs exaggerated by ...

Higher levels of cognitive reflection were found to be protective, moderating and reducing the impact of narcissism on endorsement of conspiracy theories.

Full article: Conspiracy theories: why they are believed and how ...

Only addressing the consequences of the conspiracy theory decreased its endorsement. Furthermore, only type of information processing and belief in paranormal ...

Is Education Tied To Conspiracy Theory Belief? - NPR

Not all conspiracy theories are harmful, though many have negative effects, says Tania Lombrozo. New research suggests education's ...

Do stress and anxiety lead to belief in conspiracy theories?.

Psychological research has therefore investigated the motives that might lead someone to believe a conspiracy theory even where the available evidence for the ...

The relationship between dark tetrad and conspiracy beliefs. No ...

From the Dark tetrad dimensions, psychopathy showed positive effect on conspiracy mentality, however, its effect for COVID-19 conspiracy was ...

What's the Harm? - | Knight First Amendment Institute

Just like average Americans, journalists show a tendency to castigate those conspiracy theories they personally find most bizarre but rarely ...

QAnon: A Modern Conspiracy Theory and the Assessment of Its ...

Numerous studies have attempted to identify a relationship between belief in conspiracy theories and the “big five” personality factors of ...