Affiliation:
1. Institute of Psychology University of Brasilia Brasília Brazil
2. Social & Affective Neuroscience Institute Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia São Paulo Brazil
Abstract
AbstractThis work aims to evaluate the predictive effect of Social Dominance Orientation, Need for Closure, Attitudes toward Math, Paranormal Beliefs, Religiosity, and Education over General Conspiracy Beliefs (GCB) and Conspiracy Mentality (CM). Two studies were conducted with Brazilian samples. In Study 1, a higher Educational Level and being a female were negatively associated with GCB. In Study 2, Paranormal Beliefs had a positive predictive relationship with CM, while greater Religiosity was associated with lower CM. Future studies should explore the effects of mediators in the relationships found in this study and provide a better conceptualization and operationalization of conspiracy beliefs.
Funder
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Subject
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Developmental and Educational Psychology,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology