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Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries

dc.contributor.authorImhoff, Roland
dc.contributor.authorZimmer, Felix
dc.contributor.authorKlein, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorAntónio, João H.C.
dc.contributor.authorBabinska, Maria
dc.contributor.authorBangerter, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorBilewicz, Michal
dc.contributor.authorBlanuša, Nebojša
dc.contributor.authorBovan, Kosta
dc.contributor.authorBužarovska, Rumena
dc.contributor.authorCichocka, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorDelouvée, Sylvain
dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Karen M.
dc.contributor.authorDyrendal, Asbjørn
dc.contributor.authorEtienne, Tom
dc.contributor.authorGjoneska, Biljana
dc.contributor.authorGraf, Sylvie
dc.contributor.authorGualda, Estrella
dc.contributor.authorHirschberger, Gilad
dc.contributor.authorKende, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKutiyski, Yordan
dc.contributor.authorKrekó, Peter
dc.contributor.authorKrouwel, Andre
dc.contributor.authorMari, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorĐorđević, Jasna Milošević
dc.contributor.authorPanasiti, Maria Serena
dc.contributor.authorPantazi, Myrto
dc.contributor.authorPetkovski, Ljupcho
dc.contributor.authorPorciello, Giuseppina
dc.contributor.authorRabelo, André
dc.contributor.authorRadu, Raluca Nicoleta
dc.contributor.authorSava, Florin A.
dc.contributor.authorSchepisi, Michael
dc.contributor.authorSutton, Robbie M.
dc.contributor.authorSwami, Viren
dc.contributor.authorThórisdóttir, Hulda
dc.contributor.authorTurjačanin, Vladimir
dc.contributor.authorWagner-Egger, Pascal
dc.contributor.authorŽeželj, Iris
dc.contributor.authorProoijen, Jan Willem van
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T14:01:12Z
dc.date.available2022-07-18T00:30:41Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.description.abstractPeople 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.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41562-021-01258-7
dc.identifier.eid85122868408
dc.identifier.issn2397-3374
dc.identifier.pmid35039654
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/36566
dc.identifier.wos000743464200001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.titleConspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countriespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage403
oaire.citation.startPage392
oaire.citation.titleNature Human Behaviourpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume6
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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