[HTML][HTML] Rabbit Hole Syndrome: Inadvertent, accelerating, and entrenched commitment to conspiracy beliefs

RM Sutton, KM Douglas - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
There is mounting anecdotal evidence that some individuals fall into conspiracy “rabbit
holes” causing harms ranging from social isolation to violence. We propose a hypothetical …

The shared psychological roots of prejudice and conspiracy theory belief

D Freelon - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2024 - Elsevier
The psychological literature on prejudice and conspiracy theory belief have generally
remained distinct, implicitly treating the two as unrelated phenomena. In this brief review, I …

From individual anxiety to collective narcissism? Adult attachment styles and different types of national commitment

M Marchlewska, P Górska, R Green… - Personality and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
National narcissism and national identification, two distinct types of national commitment,
differ in terms of their psychological concomitants. Therefore, in the current article, we …

Authoritarians and “revolutionaries in reverse”: Why collective narcissism threatens democracy

A Golec de Zavala - Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Collective narcissism is a belief that the ingroup deserves but is denied special treatment
and recognition. It is a projection of the narcissistic need to be recognized as better than …

COVID-19: why do people refuse vaccination? The role of social identities and conspiracy beliefs: evidence from nationwide samples of Polish adults

M Marchlewska, K Hamer, M Baran, P Górska… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the present research, we focus on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and empirically examine
how different forms of social identity (defensive vs. secure national identity and identification …

Emotion dysregulation and belief in conspiracy theories

Z Molenda, R Green, M Marchlewska… - Personality and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conspiracy beliefs typically flourish in threatening situations that evoke negative emotions.
In the present research, we hypothesized that conspiracy beliefs may therefore serve as a …

[图书][B] The psychology of collective narcissism: Insights from social identity theory

A Golec de Zavala - 2024 - library.oapen.org
The Psychology of Collective Narcissism is a ground-breaking text that presents a new
theory of collective narcissism, a belief that exaggerated greatness of one's own group …

Loneliness trajectories over three decades are associated with conspiracist worldviews in midlife

K Bierwiaczonek, S Fluit, T von Soest… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In the age of misinformation, conspiracy theories can have far-reaching consequences for
individuals and society. Social and emotional experiences throughout the life course, such …

When the sun goes down: Low political knowledge and high national narcissism predict climate change conspiracy beliefs

P Michalski, M Marchlewska, P Górska… - The Journal of Social …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present research empirically examines the links between political knowledge, national
narcissism, and climate change conspiracy beliefs. National narcissism (ie, an unrealistic …

Shake it off! Adaptive coping with stress reduces national narcissism

Z Molenda, M Marchlewska, M Rogoza… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Examining the role of coping with stress strategies in shaping national narcissism, we
proposed that this type of defensive national commitment (stemming from psychological …