Can Conspiracy Beliefs Be Beneficial? Longitudinal Linkages Between Conspiracy Beliefs, Anxiety, Uncertainty Aversion, and Existential Threat

Research suggests that conspiracy beliefs are adopted because they promise to reduce anxiety, uncertainty, and threat. However, little research has investigated whether conspiracy beliefs actually fulfill these promises. We conducted two longitudinal studies (NStudy 1 = 405, NStudy 2 = 1,012) to exa...

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Published in:	Personality & social psychology bulletin Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 167 - 179
Main Authors:	Liekefett, Luisa, Christ, Oliver, Becker, Julia C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2023 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Affect Anxiety Beliefs Conspiracy Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice HIV Infections Humans Longitudinal studies Threats Uncertainty anxiety random intercept cross-lagged panel model existential threat conspiracy beliefs uncertainty aversion
ISSN:	0146-1672, 1552-7433, 1552-7433
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