Group-oriented motivations underlying conspiracy theories

JW van Prooijen - Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
By assuming that a group of nefarious actors collude to harm a perceiver's ingroup,
conspiracy theories are an intergroup phenomenon. What are the group-oriented …

Conspiracy Theories: Groups, Ideology, and Status as Three Distinct Bases for Expressions in Society

JY Mao, JW Van Prooijen… - Current Directions in …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Conspiracy theories have been treated mostly as a homogeneous phenomenon in empirical
research. However, to fully understand their causes and consequences, a multifaceted …

Conspiracy beliefs and the perception of intergroup inequalities

K Nera, KM Douglas, P Bertin… - Personality and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Conspiracy beliefs are prevalent among members of disadvantaged groups. Adopting a
social identity perspective, we hypothesized that these beliefs would reduce the …

[PDF][PDF] 集体自恋与阴谋论信念的关系及机制

田彩玉, 茆家焱, 杨沈龙, 郭永玉 - 应用心理学, 2024 - research.vu.nl
摘要集体自恋的核心是对内群体卓越性未充分受到外部承认的不满, 因此,
相信外群体出于嫉妒而密谋反对内群体这样的“外群体阴谋论” 有利于集体自恋者强化内群体 …

Rejection of the status quo: Conspiracy theories and preference for alternative political systems

K Papaioannou, M Pantazi… - British Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conspiracy theories introduce a democratic paradox, as belief in conspiracy theories
predicts support for both democratic and non‐democratic political systems. In this article, we …

Left–right political orientations are not systematically related to conspiracism

A Enders, C Klofstad, S Littrell, J Miller… - Political …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Researchers have long sought to make generalizable conclusions about the relationship
between conspiracism and political identities. However, this literature remains deeply …

阴谋论多个变体的联系与区分

茆家焱, 曾昭携, 田彩玉, 杨沈龙, 周昊辰, 郭永玉 - 心理科学, 2024 - jps.ecnu.edu.cn
以往心理学研究中所出现或测量的“阴谋论” 并不统一, 导致“阴谋论” 这一核心概念出现了多个变
体. 早期的心理学研究者倾向于将阴谋论解释为一种同质现象, 并在实际研究中将其概念化为“ …

集体自恋与阴谋论信念的关系及机制

C Tian, J Mao, S Yang, Y Guo - Chinese Journal of Applied …, 2024 - research.vu.nl
The core of collective narcissism lies in the dissatisfaction with the insufficient external
recognition of the group's excellence. Thus, believing that the out-group plots against the in …

Beyond the Battlefield: Nationalism, Geopolitics, and the Perception of Russo-Ukrainian War Conspiracies in Chinese Social Media Discourse

Y Zhang - Society, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates conspiracy theories on China's Weibo regarding the Russo-
Ukrainian War, with a specific focus on the roles and impacts of different types of accounts …

The social psychology of conspiracy theories: Key insights and future challenges

K Douglas, RM Sutton - Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2024 - kar.kent.ac.uk
Conspiracy theories are a common feature of social and political debate, and of growing
concern for governments and policymakers. Awareness of the importance of conspiracy …