The usual suspects: How psychological motives and thinking styles predict the endorsement of well‐known and COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs

Summary Research on belief in conspiracy theories identified many predictors but often failed to investigate them together. In the present study, we tested how the most important predictors of beliefs in conspiracy theories explain endorsing COVID‐19 and non‐COVID‐19 conspiracy theories and conspira...

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Published in:	Applied cognitive psychology Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 1171 - 1181
Main Authors:	Gligorić, Vukašin, Silva, Margarida Moreira, Eker, Selin, Hoek, Nieke, Nieuwenhuijzen, Ella, Popova, Uljana, Zeighami, Golnar
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Wiley 01.09.2021 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects:	Beliefs Cognition Cognitive ability Cognitive Style Conspiracy conspiracy mentality conspiracy theories conspiratorial beliefs COVID-19 Evaluative Thinking Information processing Measures Motivation Narcissism Pandemics Predictor Variables psychological motives Religious Factors Self Concept Spirituality Theories Theory psychological motives COVID‐19 conspiracy theories conspiratorial beliefs spirituality conspiracy mentality
ISSN:	0888-4080, 1099-0720
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