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Roland Imhoff1, Felix Zimmer2, Olivier Klein3, João H C António4, Maria Babinska5, Adrian Bangerter6, Michal Bilewicz5, Nebojša Blanuša7, Kosta Bovan7, Rumena Bužarovska8, Aleksandra Cichocka9, Sylvain Delouvée10, Karen M Douglas9, Asbjørn Dyrendal11, Tom Etienne12, Biljana Gjoneska13, Sylvie Graf14,15, Estrella Gualda16, Gilad Hirschberger17, Anna Kende18, Yordan Kutiyski12, Peter Krekó18, Andre Krouwel19, Silvia Mari20, Jasna Milošević Đorđević21, Maria Serena Panasiti22, Myrto Pantazi23, Ljupcho Petkovski24, Giuseppina Porciello22, André Rabelo25, Raluca Nicoleta Radu26, Florin A Sava27, Michael Schepisi22, Robbie M Sutton9, Viren Swami28,29, Hulda Thórisdóttir30, Vladimir Turjačanin31, Pascal Wagner-Egger32, Iris Žeželj33, Jan-Willem van Prooijen19.
Abstract
People differ in their general tendency to endorse conspiracy theories (that is, conspiracy mentality). Previous research yielded inconsistent findings on the relationship between conspiracy mentality and political orientation, showing a greater conspiracy mentality either among the political right (a linear relation) or amongst both the left and right extremes (a curvilinear relation). We revisited this relationship across two studies spanning 26 countries (combined N = 104,253) and found overall evidence for both linear and quadratic relations, albeit small and heterogeneous across countries. We also observed stronger support for conspiracy mentality among voters of opposition parties (that is, those deprived of political control). Nonetheless, the quadratic effect of political orientation remained significant when adjusting for political control deprivation. We conclude that conspiracy mentality is associated with extreme left- and especially extreme right-wing beliefs, and that this non-linear relation may be strengthened by, but is not reducible to, deprivation of political control.Entities:
Year: 2022 PMID： 35039654 DOI： 10.1038/s41562-021-01258-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Hum Behav ISSN： 2397-3374