ArticleBritish journal of psychology (London, England : 1953)2020
Exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories promotes prejudice which spreads across groups.
Article in British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.
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- Conspiracy mentality, subclinical paranoia, and political conservatism are associated with perceived status threat.PloS one · 2023Article
- Of precarity and conspiracy: Introducing a socio-functional model of conspiracy beliefs.The British journal of social psychology · 2023Article
- Individual, intergroup and nation-level influences on belief in conspiracy theories.Nature reviews psychology · 2023Review
- Narcissistic susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs exaggerated by education, reduced by cognitive reflection.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
This research experimentally examined the effects of exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories on prejudice and discrimination. Study 1 (N = 166) demonstrated that exposure to conspiracy theories concerning immigrants to Britain from the European Union (vs. anti-conspiracy material or a control) exacerbated prejudice towards this group. Study 2 (N = 173) found the same effect in a different intergroup context - exposure to conspiracy theories about Jewish people (vs. anti-conspiracy material or a control) increased prejudice towards this group and reduced participants' willingness to vote for a Jewish political candidate. Finally, Study 3 (N = 114) demonstrated that exposure to conspiracy theories about Jewish people not only increased prejudice towards this group but was indirectly associated with increased prejudice towards a number of secondary outgroups (e.g., Asians, Arabs, Americans, Irish, Australians). The current research suggests that conspiracy theories may have potentially damaging and widespread consequences for intergroup relations.
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