Belief in conspiracy theories. The role of paranormal belief, paranoid ideation and schizotypy

By H. Darwin, Nick Neave, Joni Holmes. 2011

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Subfields: Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Role of Conspiracist Ideation and Worldviews in Predicting Rejection of Science (2013, background): “It is not surprising, therefore, that conspiracist ideation has been found to be associated with stable personality variables, such as a subset of the ‘Big Five’ [45] or paranoid ideation and schizotypy [47].”
An examination of the underlying dimensional structure of three domains of contaminated mindware: paranormal beliefs, conspiracy beliefs, and anti-science attitudes (2020, unknown): “…have been mostly studied either independently or in pairs, but they tend to be positively associated (e.g. Browne et al., 2015; Bruder et al. 2013; Darwin et al., 2011; Douglas et al., 2016; Drinkwater et al., 2012; Lewandowsky et al., 2013; Stanovich et al., 2016; van den Bulck & Custers, 2010).”
Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Validation of a French and English Single-Item Scale (2016, methodology): “This scale was originally composed of seven dimensions but as in previous investigations we chose to only use a single score, by summing all the items, to form a total paranormal belief score (Darwin et al., 2011; Tobacyk, 2004).”
What's in a Term? Paranormal, Superstitious, Magical and Supernatural Beliefs by Any Other Name Would Mean the Same (2012, background): “beliefs and superstitions (Dudley, 1999; Kane, Core, & Hunt; Wain & Spinella, 2007). Other researchers, in turn, saw some of the concepts as more general than others. For example, according to Subbotsky (2004), magical events involve supernatural ones and according to Yorulmaz, Inozu, and Gultepe (2”
Speaking (Un–)Truth to Power: Conspiracy Mentality as A Generalised Political Attitude (2014, background): “4We also included the Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire (CBQ; Darwin et al., 2011) that assesses the endorsement of specific conspiracy theories rather than a general mentality.”
Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (2013, methodology): “…recent publications on the topic (e.g., Leman and Cinnirella, 2007; Douglas and Sutton, 2008, 2011; Bogart et al., 2010; Swami et al., 2010, 2011, 2013; Darwin et al., 2011; Newheiser et al., 2011; Swami, 2012; Wood et al., 2012; Jolley and Douglas, 2013) suggests that research is gaining momentum.”
Someone is pulling the strings: hypersensitive agency detection and belief in conspiracy theories (2016, background): “Further, paranormal beliefs strongly correlate with endorsement of conspiracy theories (Darwin et al., 2011; Newheiser et al., 2011; Stieger et al., 2013).”
Belief in Conspiracy Theories and Susceptibility to the Conjunction Fallacy (2014, result): “The significant correlation between conspiracist ideation and paranormal beliefs observed in the present study, as well as previous research (Darwin et al., 2011; Newheiser et al., 2011; Swami et al., 2011) , adds support to the idea that similar factors give rise to both kinds of anomalous belief.”
Understanding Conspiracy Theories (2019, background): “…such as nonclinical delusional thinking (Dagnall, Drinkwater, Parker, Denovan, & Parton, 2015) and schizotypy (Barron, Morgan, Towell, Altemeyer, & Swami, 2014; Bruder et al., 2013; Darwin et al., 2011; Swami, Pietschnig, Tran, Nader, Stiener, & Voracek, 2013; van der Tempel & Alcock, 2015).”
Examining the Relationship Between Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal Beliefs, and Pseudoscience Acceptance Among a University Population (2014, background): “, 2013) and between conspiracy theory and paranormal acceptance (Darwin et al., 2011; Swami et al., 2011).”