Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F22%3A00576218" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/22:00576218 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01258-7" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01258-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01258-7" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41562-021-01258-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries
Original language description
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.
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
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Human Behaviour
ISSN
2397-3374
e-ISSN
2397-3374
Volume of the periodical
6
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
392-403
UT code for WoS article
000743464200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85122868408