How paranoid are conspiracy believers? Toward a more fine-grained understanding of the connect and disconnect between paranoia and belief in conspiracy theories

By R. Imhoff, P. Lamberty. European Journal of Social Psychology, 2018

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Subfields: Health, Psychiatry and Mental health, Sociology and Political Science

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A Bioweapon or a Hoax? The Link Between Distinct Conspiracy Beliefs About the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak and Pandemic Behavior (2020, background): “…content-wise even completely unrelated conspiracy beliefs are so highly intercorrelated that they typically load on one factor (Bruder et al., 2013; Swami et al., 2011) and are thus often understood as specific expressions of a generalized mindset or political attitude (Imhoff & Lamberty, 2018).”
Conspiracy Theories and Their Societal Effects During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, background): “Similar questions are part of the prepping behavior measure by Imhoff and Lamberty (2020), which contained items about the reliance on alternative remedies.”
Understanding Conspiracy Theories (2019, background): “Jolley and Douglas (2014b) found that participants who were exposed to antigovernment conspiracy theories— compared to those who were presented with refuting information— showed less intention to vote in the next election.”
Mistrust and misinformation: A two-component, socio-epistemic model of belief in conspiracy theories (2020, background): “…including the kind of subclinical paranoid ideation seen in schizotypy (Darwin, Neave, & Holmes, 2011; Grzesiak-Feldman & Ejsmont, 2008; Imhoff & Lamberty, 2018; Wood, 2017), to a more specific and potentially pathological focus on allegedly interconnected institutions of authority or…”
Resolving the Puzzle of Conspiracy Worldview and Political Activism: Belief in Secret Plots Decreases Normative but Increases Nonnormative Political Engagement (2021, background): “This is in line with the portrayal of conspiracy mind-sets as inherently political attitudes, intrinsically tied to distrust in political institutions (but not common people), a lack of political (but not personal) control, and a motivation to become politically active (Imhoff & Lamberty, 2018).”