Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://research.vu.nl/ws/files/127554925/pops.12716_Investigating_the_Links_Between_Cultural_Values_and_Belief_in_Conspiracy_Theories.pdf" target="_blank" >https://research.vu.nl/ws/files/127554925/pops.12716_Investigating_the_Links_Between_Cultural_Values_and_Belief_in_Conspiracy_Theories.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pops.12716" target="_blank" >10.1111/pops.12716</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity
Original language description
Research suggests that belief in conspiracy theories (CT) stems from basic psychological mechanisms and is linked to other belief systems (e.g., religious beliefs). While previous research has extensively examined individual and contextual variables associated with CT beliefs, it has not yet investigated the role of culture. In the current research, we tested, based on a situated cultural cognition perspective, the extent to which culture predicts CT beliefs. Using Hofstede's model of cultural values, three nation-level analyses of data from 25, 19, and 18 countries using different measures of CT beliefs (Study 1, N = 5323, Study 2a, N = 12,255, Study 2b, N = 30,994) revealed positive associations between masculinity, collectivism, and CT beliefs. A cross-sectional study among U.S. citizens (Study 3, N = 350), using individual-level measures of Hofstede's values, replicated these findings. A meta-analysis of correlations across studies corroborated the presence of positive links between CT beliefs, collectivism, r = .31, 95% CI = [.15, .47], and masculinity, r = .39, 95% CI = [.18, .59]. Our results suggest that in addition to individual differences and contextual variables, cultural factors also play an important role in shaping CT beliefs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-01214S" target="_blank" >GA20-01214S: Mutual perception of acculturation preferences in majority and immigrants: An intergroup perspective</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Political Psychology
ISSN
0162-895X
e-ISSN
1467-9221
Volume of the periodical
42
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
597-618
UT code for WoS article
000595630000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85097140117