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Beliefs in Conspiracies

Abalakina‐Paap, Marina, Stephan, Walter G., Craig, Traci, Gregory, W. Larry·1999·Political Psychology

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This study used canonical correlation to examine the relationship of 11 individual difference variables to two measures of beliefs in conspiracies. Undergraduates were administered a questionnaire that included these two measures (beliefs in specific conspiracies and attitudes toward the existence of conspiracies) and scales assessing the 11 variables. High levels of anomie, authoritarianism, and powerlessness, along with a low level of self‐esteem, were related to beliefs in specific conspiracies, whereas high levels of external locus of control and hostility, along with a low level of trust, were related to attitudes toward the existence of conspiracies in general. These findings support the idea that beliefs in conspiracies are related to feelings of alienation, powerlessness, hostility, and being disadvantaged. There was no support for the idea that people believe in conspiracies because they provide simplified explanations of complex events.

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Authors: Abalakina‐Paap, M., Stephan, W. G., Craig, T., & Gregory, W. L.
Affiliations: New Mexico State University (US)
Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
ORCID: Craig, Traci
Gregory, W. Larry
Venue: Political Psychology
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1999-09
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
Pages: 637-647
ISSN: 0162-895X (ISSN-L)
1467-9221
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00160
OpenAlex: W2160755447
Cited by: 589
References: 19
Citations by year: 2026: 19 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 100 · 2021: 97 · 2020: 64 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 5
FWCI: 1.45
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 1203 d)
Locations: Political Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords: conspiracy beliefs, individual differences, anomie, authoritarianism, powerlessness, self-esteem, external locus of control, hostility, trust, alienation

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