Addicted to answers: need for cognitive closure and the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs

Marchlewska, Marta, Cichocka, Aleksandra, Kossowska, Małgorzata·2018·European Journal of Social Psychology
DOI 10.1002/ejsp.2308

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