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Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance

2022; Wiley; Volume: 53; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/ejsp.2888

ISSN

1099-0992

Autores

Matthew J. Hornsey, Samuel Pearson, Jemima Kang, Kai Sassenberg, Jolanda Jetten, Paul A. M. Van Lange, Lucia G. Medina, Catherine E. Amiot, Liisi Ausmees, Peter Baguma, Oumar Barry, Maja Becker, Michał Bilewicz, Thomas Castelain, Giulio Costantini, Ģirts Dimdiņš, Agustín Espinosa, Gillian Finchilescu, Malte Friese, Roberto González, Nobuhiko Goto, Ángel Gómez, Peter Haľama, Ruby D. Ilustrisimo, Gabriela M. Jiga‐Boy, Johannes Alfons Karl, Peter Kuppens, Steve Loughnan, Маријана Марковиќ, Khairul Anwar Mastor, Neil McLatchie, Lindsay M. Novak, Blessing N. Onyekachi, Müjde Peker, Muhammad Rizwan, Mark Schaller, Eunkook M. Suh, Sanaz Talaifar, Eddie M. W. Tong, Ana Raquel Rosas Torres, Rhiannon N. Turner, Christin‐Melanie Vauclair, A. G. Vinogradov, Zhechen Wang, Victoria Wai Lan Yeung, Brock Bastian,

Tópico(s)

Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Resumo

Abstract While a great deal is known about the individual difference factors associated with conspiracy beliefs, much less is known about the country‐level factors that shape people's willingness to believe conspiracy theories. In the current article we discuss the possibility that willingness to believe conspiracy theories might be shaped by the perception (and reality) of poor economic performance at the national level. To test this notion, we surveyed 6723 participants from 36 countries. In line with predictions, propensity to believe conspiracy theories was negatively associated with perceptions of current and future national economic vitality. Furthermore, countries with higher GDP per capita tended to have lower belief in conspiracy theories. The data suggest that conspiracy beliefs are not just caused by intrapsychic factors but are also shaped by difficult economic circumstances for which distrust might have a rational basis.

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