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Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Following Ostracism

Poon, Kai-Tak, Chen, Zhansheng, Wong, Wing-Yan·2020·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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Four studies (total valid N = 643) examined whether ostracism increases people’s political conspiracy beliefs through heightened vulnerability and whether self-affirmation intervention counteracts the effect of ostracism on conspiracy beliefs. Compared with their nonostracized counterparts, ostracized participants were more likely to endorse conspiracy beliefs related to different political issues (Studies 1–3). Moreover, heightened vulnerability mediated the link between ostracism and conspiracy beliefs (Studies 1–3). Offering ostracized participants an opportunity to reaffirm values important to them could reduce their political conspiracy beliefs (Study 4). Taken together, our findings highlight the crucial role of vulnerability in understanding when and why ostracism increases conspiracy beliefs and how to ameliorate this relationship. Our findings also provide novel insights into how daily interpersonal interactions influence people’s political beliefs and involvement.

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Authors: Poon, K.-T., Chen, Z., & Wong, W.-Y.
Affiliations: Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author: Poon, Kai-Tak
ORCID: Poon, Kai-Tak
Chen, Zhansheng
Venue: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2020-01-12
Volume: 46
Issue: 8
Pages: 1234-1246
ISSN: 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
1552-7433
DOI: 10.1177/0146167219898944
OpenAlex: W3000031813
Cited by: 115
References: 90
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 6
FWCI: 16.12
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: The Hong Kong Research Grants Council’s Early Career Scheme (28603715)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords: ostracism, conspiracy beliefs, vulnerability, self-affirmation, political participation, interpersonal rejection, political beliefs
MeSH terms: Adult, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Politics, Psychological Theory, Social Isolation, Trust

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