The Effect of High-Anxiety Situations on Conspiracy Thinking

By M. Grzesiak-Feldman. 2013

198 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. R. Imhoff
2. Karen M. Douglas
3. Robbie M. Sutton
4. A. Cichocka
5. Adrian Furnham
6. Viren Swami
7. Martin Bruder
8. Nick Neave

In Health

1. Robbie M. Sutton
2. R. Imhoff
3. A. Cichocka
4. Karen M. Douglas
5. Viren Swami
6. J. Pierre
7. P. Lamberty

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Karen M. Douglas
2. Robbie M. Sutton
3. R. Imhoff
4. A. Cichocka
5. P. Lamberty
6. Adrian Furnham
7. Viren Swami
8. Martin Bruder

Citations in the corpus

• COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: Relations with anxiety, quality of life, and schemas (2021, unknown): “Conspiracy thinking has been associated with negative emotions (Freeman & Bentall, 2017), increased social isolation (Freeman & Bentall, 2017), and anxiety (Grzesiak-Feldman, 2013).”
• Putting the stress on conspiracy theories: Examining associations between psychological stress, anxiety, and belief in conspiracy theories (2016, background): “Two further studies (Grzesiak-Feldman, 2013, Studies 2-3) also found that pre-exam anxiety increased conspiracist ideation about Jewish people, possibly because anxiety led to greater processing of information related to threat-related outgroups.”
• The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories (2017, background): “Studies have shown that people are likely to turn to conspiracy theories when they are anxious (Grzesiak-Feldman, 2013) and feel powerless (Abalakina-Paap, Stephan, Craig, & Gregory, 1999).”
• Why conspiracy theories matter: A social psychological analysis (2018, background): “Furthermore, believers have been characterised as mistrustful (Goertzel, 1994), powerless, (AbalakinaPaap et al., 1999), uncertain (van Prooijen & Jostmann, 2013) and anxious (Grzesiak-Feldman, 2013; Radnitz & Underwood, 2017).”
• Understanding Conspiracy Theories (2019, unknown): “, 1999; Pratt, 2003; Zarefsky, 1984/2014), anxiety (Grzesiak-Feldman, 2013; Radnitz & Underwood, 2017), anxious attachment style (Green & Douglas, 2018), and existential anxiety (Newheiser, Farias, & Tausch, 2011).”
• Measuring Individual Differences in Generic Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Across Cultures: Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire (2013, background): “For example, recent articles discussed the influence of uncertainty and perceptions of morality (Van Prooijen and Jostmann, 2013) as well as the influence of anxiety-inducing situations (Grzesiak-Feldman, 2013) on conspiracist ideation.”