Belief in Conspiracy Theories

Goertzel, Ted·1994·Political Psychology

DOI 10.2307/3791630

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Different Conspiracy Theories Have Different Psychological and Social Determinants: Comparison of Three Theories About the Origins of the COVID-19 Virus in a Representative Sample of the UK Population
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Examining the links between conspiracy beliefs and the EU “Brexit” referendum vote in the UK: Evidence from a two‐wave survey
Daniel Jolley, Karen M. Douglas, Marta Marchlewska, Aleksandra K. Cichocka, Robbie M. Sutton · 2021 · Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Thirty shades of truth: conspiracy theories as stories of individuation, not of pathological delusion
Marius Hans Raab, Stefan A. Ortlieb, Nikolas Auer, Klara Guthmann, Claus‐Christian Carbon · 2013 · Frontiers in Psychology
Populist attitudes and conspiratorial thinking
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From “Nasa Lies” to “Reptilian Eyes”: Mapping Communication About 10 Conspiracy Theories, Their Communities, and Main Propagators on Twitter
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The 2020 presidential election and beliefs about fraud: Continuity or change?
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There are higher levels of conspiracy beliefs in more corrupt countries
Sinan Alper · 2022 · European Journal of Social Psychology
Reflective thinking predicts lower conspiracy beliefs: A meta-analysis
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Why are beliefs in different conspiracy theories positively correlated across individuals? Testing monological network versus unidimensional factor model explanations
Matt N Williams, Mathew D. Marques, Stephen Hill, John Richard Kerr, Mathew Ling · 2022 · British Journal of Social Psychology
Perceptual Biases in Relation to Paranormal and Conspiracy Beliefs
Michiel van Elk · 2015 · PLoS ONE
How (Ir)rational is it to believe in contradictory conspiracy theories?
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Recursive Fury: Conspiracist Ideation in the Blogosphere in Response to Research on Conspiracist Ideation
Stephan Lewandowsky, John Cook, Klaus Oberauer, Michael Marriott · 2013 · Frontiers in Psychology · Retracted
Rationality in Conspiracy Beliefs: The Role of Perceived Motive
Preston R. Bost, Stephen G. Prunier · 2013 · Psychological Reports
Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Among African Americans: A Comparison of Elites and Masses*
William Paul Simmons, Sharon Parsons · 2005 · Social Science Quarterly
Who Are Conspiracy Theorists? A Comprehensive Approach to Explaining Conspiracy Beliefs
Adam M Enders, Steven M. Smallpage · 2019 · Social Science Quarterly
The Rise of Presidential Eschatology: Conspiracy Theories, Religion, and the January 6th Insurrection
Bayleigh Elaine Bond, Ryan Neville-Shepard · 2021 · American Behavioral Scientist
Terrorism and conspiracy theories: A view from the 3N model of radicalization
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Trust and other Characteristics Associated with Health Care Utilization by Injection Drug Users
Stephen F. Ostertag, Bradley R. E. Wright, Robert S. Broadhead, Frederick Lewis Altice · 2006 · Journal of Drug Issues
Are individuals from lower social classes more susceptible to conspiracy theories? An explanation from the compensatory control theory
Jia‐Yan Mao, Shen‐Long Yang, Yongyu Guo · 2020 · Asian Journal Of Social Psychology
Antisemitic conspiracy fantasy in the age of digital media: Three ‘conspiracy theorists’ and their YouTube audiences
Daniel Allington, Beatriz Buarque, Daniel Barker Flores · 2020 · Language and Literature International Journal of Stylistics
Of precarity and conspiracy: Introducing a socio‐functional model of conspiracy beliefs
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“If they believe, then so shall I”: Perceived beliefs of the in-group predict conspiracy theory belief
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Whom do you trust? Doubt and conspiracy theories in the 2009 influenza pandemic
Shawn C. Smallman · 2015 · Journal of International and Global Studies
The role of conspiracy mentality in denial of science and susceptibility to viral deception about science
Asheley R. Landrum, Alex Olshansky · 2019 · Politics and the Life Sciences
Shedding light on the Light Triad: Further evidence on structural, construct, and predictive validity of the Light Triad
Petar Lukić, Marko Živanović · 2021 · Personality and Individual Differences
Are COVID‐19 conspiracies a threat to public health? Psychological characteristics and health protective behaviours of believers
Marie Juanchich, Miroslav Sirota, Daniel Jolles, Lilith A. Whiley · 2021 · European Journal of Social Psychology
Conspiracy theories and social movements studies: A research agenda
Niccolò Bertuzzi · 2021 · Sociology Compass
Human foibles or systemic failure—Lay perceptions of the 2008–2009 financial crisis
David Leiser, Sacha Bourgeois‐Gironde, Rinat Benita · 2010 · The Journal of Socio-Economics
“ Historia est magistra vitae ”? The impact of historical victimhood on current conspiracy beliefs
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Doing it for us: Community identification predicts willingness to receive a COVID ‐19 vaccination via perceived sense of duty to the community
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How Believing Climate Change is a “Hoax” Shapes Climate Skepticism in the United States
Dilshani Sarathchandra, Kristin Haltinner · 2020 · Environmental Sociology
Stigmatized Beliefs: Conspiracy Theories, Anticipated Negative Evaluation of the Self, and Fear of Social Exclusion
Anthony Lantian, Dominique Müller, Cécile Nurra, Olivier Klein, Sophie Berjot, Myrto Pantazi · 2018
Rationale of conspiracy theorizing: Who shot the President Chen Shui-bian?
Türkay Salim Nefes · 2014 · Rationality and Society
A Uniform Conspiracy Mindset or Differentiated Reactions to Specific Conspiracy Beliefs? Evidence From Latent Profile Analyses
Marius Frenken, Roland Imhoff · 2021 · International Review of Social Psychology
Rage Against the Machine: The Case for System‐Level Emotions
Nevin Solak, John T. Jost, Nebi Sümer, Gerald L. Clore · 2012 · Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Collective symbolic coping with disease threat and othering: A case study of avian influenza
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The impacts of the Turkish government’s conspiratorial framing of the Gezi Park protests
Türkay Salim Nefes · 2017 · Social movement studies
Differences and similarities in religious and paranormal beliefs: a typology of distinct faith signatures
Marc Wilson, Joseph A. Bulbulia, Chris G. Sibley · 2013 · Religion Brain & Behavior
Suspecting Foul Play When It Is Objectively There: The Association of Political Orientation With General and Partisan Conspiracy Beliefs as a Function of Corruption Levels
Sinan Alper, Roland Imhoff · 2022 · Social Psychology and Personality Science
Beyond belief: the social psychology of conspiracy theories and the study of ideology
Jovan T. Byford · 2014 · Open Research Online (The Open University)
Breaking the news: Belief in fake news and conspiracist beliefs
A. Anthony, R. Moulding · 2019 · Australian journal of psychology
Politics of fear in Brazil: Far-right conspiracy theories on COVID-19
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Relations of Familiarity with Reasoning Strategies in Conspiracy Beliefs
Preston R. Bost, Stephen G. Prunier, Allen J. Piper · 2010 · Psychological Reports
Anticipating and defusing the role of conspiracy beliefs in shaping opposition to wind farms
Kevin Winter, Matthew J. Hornsey, Lotte Pummerer, Kai Sassenberg · 2022 · Nature Energy
Examining how people reason about controversial scientific topics
Emilio J. C. Lobato, Corinne Zimmerman · 2018 · Thinking and Reasoning
An Improved Question Format for Measuring Conspiracy Beliefs
Scott Clifford, Yongkwang Kim, Brian W. Sullivan · 2019 · Public Opinion Quarterly
Unravelling the relationship between populism and belief in conspiracy theories: The role of cynicism, powerlessness and zero‐sum thinking
Kostas Papaioannou, Myrto Pantazi, Jan‐Willem van Prooijen · 2022 · British Journal of Psychology
The political, psychological, and social correlates of cryptocurrency ownership
Shane Littrell, Casey Klofstad, Joseph E. Uscinski · 2024 · PLoS ONE
The generality of belief in unsubstantiated claims
D. A. Bensley, S. Lilienfeld, K. Rowan, C. Masciocchi, Florent Grain · 2019 · Applied Cognitive Psychology
The role of cognitive biases in conspiracy beliefs: A literature review
Lorenzo Gagliardi · 2023 · Journal of Economic Surveys
Conspiracy in the Time of Corona: Automatic detection of Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in Social Media and the News
Shadi Shahsavari, Pavan Holur, Timothy R. Tangherlini, Vwani Roychowdhury · 2020 · arXiv (Cornell University)
Classified or Coverup? The Effect of Redactions on Conspiracy Theory Beliefs
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Paranoia, Conspiracy, and Hegemony in American Politics
Daniel Hellinger · 2003 · Duke University Press eBooks
What Drives Belief in Vaccination Conspiracy Theories in Germany?
Eric Jensen, Axel Pfleger, Lisa Herbig, Brady Wagoner, Lars Lorenz, Meike Watzlawik · 2021 · Frontiers in Communication
Belief in conspiracy theories and non-normative behavior
Lotte Pummerer · 2022 · Current Opinion in Psychology
Populism and the return of the “Paranoid Style”: Some evidence and a simple model of demand for incompetence as insurance against elite betrayal
Rafael Di Tella, Julio J. Rotemberg · 2018 · Journal of Comparative Economics
Social devaluation of African Americans and race‐related conspiracy theories
James R. Davis, Geoffrey A. Wetherell, Patrick J Henry · 2018 · European Journal of Social Psychology
Propagation From Deceptive News Sources Who Shares, How Much, How Evenly, and How Quickly?
Maria Glenski, Tim Weninger, Svitlana Volkova · 2018 · IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems
Development of the Japanese Version of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS‐J)
Y. Majima, H. Nakamura · 2019 · Japanese psychological research (Print)
On modeling the correlates of conspiracy thinking
Adam M Enders, Amanda B. Diekman, Casey Klofstad, Manohar N. Murthi, Daniel Verdear, Stefan Wuchty, Joseph E. Uscinski · 2023 · Scientific Reports
Hyperpartisan, Alternative, and Conspiracy Media Users: An Anti-Establishment Portrait
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Impact of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Belief in Rumors: The Role of Risk Perception and Communication
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COVID-19 conspiracy theories and compliance with governmental restrictions: The mediating roles of anger, anxiety, and hope
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Conspiratorial Narratives in Violent Political Actors’ Language
Stéphane J. Baele · 2019 · Journal of Language and Social Psychology
Conspiracist beliefs, intuitive thinking, and schizotypal facets: A further evaluation
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Communicating to the Public in the Era of Conspiracy Theory
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Irrational Beliefs about COVID-19: A Scoping Review
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Why Do People Discriminate against Jews?
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Rise of Conspiracy Theories in the Pandemic Times
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Medical Mistrust, Discrimination, and the Domestic HIV Epidemic
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The antidepressant hoax: Conspiracy theories decrease health‐seeking intentions
Eleanor Natoli, Mathew D. Marques · 2020 · British Journal of Social Psychology
The Politics of Paranoia: paranoid positioning and conspiratorial narratives in the surveillance society
David J. Harper · 2002 · Surveillance & Society
Explaining Conspiracy Beliefs and Scepticism around the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Kostas Gemenis · 2021 · Swiss Political Science Review
Conspiratorial Beliefs and Cognitive Styles: An Integrated Look on Analytic Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Scientific Reasoning in Relation to (Dis)trust in Conspiracy Theories
Biljana Gjoneska · 2021 · Frontiers in Psychology
Beyond general political attitudes: Conspiracy mentality as a global belief system predicts endorsement of international and local conspiracy theories
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Australasian Public Awareness and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Motivational Correlates
Mathew D. Marques, Mathew Ling, Matt N Williams, John Richard Kerr, Jim McLennan · 2021 · Political Psychology
Political Ideology, Ingroup Favoritism, and Conspiratorial Thinking: Patriotism, Nationalism, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories
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Martin Innes · 2020 · British Journal of Sociology
Contextualized impacts of an infodemic on vaccine hesitancy: The moderating role of socioeconomic and cultural factors
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The generic conspiracist beliefs scale – 5: A short-form measure of conspiracist ideation
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Economic inequality and conspiracy theories
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Attitudes of African Americans Toward Participation in Medical Research
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Shifting Trust: Examining How Trust and Distrust Emerge, Transform, and Collapse in COVID-19 Information Seeking
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Will the Real Conspiracy Please Stand Up: Sources of Post-Communist Democratic Failure
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Detection of conspiracy propagators using psycho-linguistic characteristics
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Stolen elections: How conspiracy beliefs during the 2020 American presidential elections changed over time
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Reducing conspiracy theory beliefs
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Opportunities and challenges in antimicrobial resistance behavior change communication
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Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy, conspiracist beliefs, paranoid ideation and perceived ethnic discrimination in a sample of University students in Venezuela
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The Nexus of QAnon and COVID-19: Legitimation Crisis and Epistemic Crisis
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Psychological profiles of anti-vaccination argument endorsement
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Placing Conspiratorial Motives in Context: The Role of Predispositions and Threat, a Comment on Bost and Prunier (2013)
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Just Dead, Not Alive: Reconsidering Belief in Contradictory Conspiracy Theories
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Making an impression: The effects of sharing conspiracy theories
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Group-oriented motivations underlying conspiracy theories
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Conspiracy beliefs and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations
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The impact of social desirability bias on conspiracy belief measurement across cultures
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