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Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries
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- Authors
- Imhoff, R., Zimmer, F., Klein, O., António, J. H. C., Babinska, M., Bangerter, A., Bilewicz, M., Blanuša, N., Bovan, K., Bužarovska, R., Cichocka, A., Delouvée, S., Douglas, K. M., Dyrendal, A., Etienne, T., Gjoneska, B., Graf, S., Gualda, E., Hirschberger, G., Kende, A., Kutiyski, Y., Krekó, P., Krouwel, A., Mari, S., Đorđević, J. M., Panasiti, M. S., Pantazi, M., Petkovski, L., Porciello, G., Rabelo, A., Radu, R. N., Sava, F. A., Schepisi, M., Sutton, R. M., Swami, V., Thórisdóttir, H., Turjačanin, V., Wagner-Egger, P., Žeželj, I., & van Prooijen, J.-W.
- Venue
- Nature Human Behaviour
- Published
- 2022-01-17
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 392-403
- ISSN
- 2397-3374 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4205698483
- Cited by
- 346
- References
- 71
- FWCI
- 106.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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