Examining a domain-specific link between perceived control and conspiracy beliefs: a brief report in the context of COVID-19.
COVID-19
Compensatory control
Conspiracy beliefs
Conspiracy theories
Perceived control
Journal
Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)
ISSN: 1046-1310
Titre abrégé: Curr Psychol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8912263
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
accepted:
07
06
2021
pubmed:
22
6
2021
medline:
22
6
2021
entrez:
21
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Although anecdotal evidence suggests that control-threatening situations are associated with an increase in conspiracy beliefs, existing research does not support this "compensatory control" hypothesis. In the current study, we test a more refined hypothesis: that the link between control threat and conspiracy beliefs is The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-021-01977-0.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34149266
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01977-0
pii: 1977
pmc: PMC8203308
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
6347-6356Informations de copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interest/Competing InterestsThe authors declare no conflict of interests.
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