Beliefs in conspiracies
Beliefs in conspiracies
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DOI：
10.1111/0162-895x.00160
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发表时间：
1999-09-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Gregory, WL
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作者：
Abalakina-Paap, M;Stephan, WG;Gregory, WL
本研究采用典型相关法检验了11个个体差异变量与两种阴谋论信念的关系。对大学生进行问卷调查，包括这两个测量（对特定阴谋的信念和对阴谋存在的态度）和评估II变量的量表。高水平的社会反常、威权主义和无力感，以及低水平的自尊，与对特定阴谋的信念有关，而高水平的外部控制点和敌意，以及低水平的信任，与对阴谋存在的总体态度有关。这些发现支持了这样一种观点，即相信阴谋与疏离感、无力感、敌意和弱势感有关。没有证据支持人们相信阴谋论，因为它们为复杂的事件提供了简化的解释。
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 II 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.