Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Validation of a French and English Single-Item Scale
Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Validation of a French and English Single-Item Scale
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DOI：
10.5334/irsp.8
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Douglas, Karen M.
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作者：
Lantian, Anthony;Muller, Dominique;Douglas, Karen M.
我们用法语和英语设计了一个单项量表来衡量人们相信阴谋论的总体倾向。在3项研究（总N = 555）中评估了该量表的效度和信度。在研究1（N = 152），正相关的单项规模和其他3个阴谋信念量表的法国学生样本建议良好的并发效度。在研究2（N = 292）中，我们在一个更大、更异质的美国互联网样本上复制了这些结果。此外，该量表显示出良好的预测有效性-反应预测参与者是否愿意接受关于所谓阴谋论的双月时事通讯。最后，在研究3（N = 111）中，我们观察到良好的重测信度，并证明了收敛和区分效度的单项目规模。总体而言，这些结果表明，单项目阴谋信念量表具有良好的效度和信度，并可能被用来测量阴谋信念，有利于更可靠的现有量表。此外，对单项量表的验证使我们开发并开始验证法语版本的一般阴谋信念量表、阴谋心理问卷和10项版本（而不是15项原始版本）的阴谋理论信念量表。
We designed, in French and in English, a single-item scale to measure people's general tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. The validity and reliability of this scale was assessed in 3 studies (total N = 555). In Study 1 (N = 152), positive correlations between the single-item scale and 3 other conspiracy belief scales on a French student sample suggested good concurrent validity. In Study 2 (N = 292), we replicated these results on a larger and more heterogeneous Internet American sample. Moreover, the scale showed good predictive validity-responses predicted participants' willingness to receive a bi-monthly newsletter about alleged conspiracy theories. Finally, in Study 3 (N = 111), we observed good test-retest reliability and demonstrated both convergent and discriminant validity of the single-item scale. Overall these results suggest that the single-item conspiracy belief scale has good validity and reliability and may be used to measure conspiracy belief in favor of lengthier existing scales. In addition, the validation of the single-item scale led us to develop and start validating French versions of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs scale, the Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire, and a 10-item version (instead of the 15-item original version) of the Belief in Conspiracy Theories Inventory.