How Anti-Social Personality Traits and Anti-Establishment Views Promote Beliefs in Election Fraud, QAnon, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation
How Anti-Social Personality Traits and Anti-Establishment Views Promote Beliefs in Election Fraud, QAnon, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation
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DOI：
10.1177/1532673x221139434
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发表时间：
2022-11-10
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Uscinski, Joseph E.
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作者：
Enders, Adam;Klofstad, Casey;Uscinski, Joseph E.
阴谋论和错误信息（CTM）成为特朗普时代的一个显著特征。然而，传统的政治态度和行为的解释不足以解释CTM的信仰或与之相关的有害行为。在这里，我们整合了不同的文献来解释CTM对COVID-19，QAnon和选民欺诈的信念。我们的目标是提供一个更全面的会计，并确定哪些政治，心理和社会因素与这些信念最相关。使用一个独特的全国性调查，我们发现，反社会人格特质，反建立的取向，并支持唐纳德·特朗普更强烈地与CTM的信念比传统的左右取向或其他经常假设的因素，如教育，科学素养，和社交媒体的使用。我们的研究结果鼓励研究人员在研究表达反社会倾向或对社会和政治制度持深刻怀疑态度的信念时超越传统的政治行为相关性。
Conspiracy theories and misinformation (CTM) became a salient feature of the Trump era. However, traditional explanations of political attitudes and behaviors inadequately account for beliefs in CTM or the deleterious behaviors they are associated with. Here, we integrate disparate literatures to explain beliefs in CTM regarding COVID-19, QAnon, and voter fraud. We aim to provide a more holistic accounting, and to determine which political, psychological, and social factors are most associated with such beliefs. Using a unique national survey, we find that anti-social personality traits, anti-establishment orientations, and support for Donald Trump are more strongly related to beliefs in CTM than traditional left-right orientations or other frequently posited factors, such as education, science literacy, and social media use. Our findings encourage researchers to move beyond the traditional correlates of political behavior when examining beliefs that express anti-social tendencies or a deep skepticism of social and political institutions.