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National Narcissism predicts the Belief in and the Dissemination of Conspiracy Theories During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From 56 Countries.
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- Their own worst enemy? Collective narcissists are willing to conspire against their in-group.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 2022Pooled it
- Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Pooled it
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- 'Sweet poison' and 'mild medicine': Different effects of collective narcissism and collective self-esteem on ingroup versus outgroup conspiracy beliefs.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 2026Article
- How belief in conspiracy theories could harm sustainability.Nature human behaviour · 2025Review
- Nursing and Midwifery Students' COVID-19 Vaccine Regrets and Future Vaccination Intentions: A Mixed Methods Study.Nursing & health sciences · 2025Article
- The motivations and reputational consequences of spreading conspiracy theories.The British journal of social psychology · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Influence of Role-Playing Prompts on ChatGPT's Misinformation Detection Accuracy: Quantitative Study.JMIR infodemiology · 2024Article
- Effects of system-sanctioned framing on climate awareness and environmental action in the United States and beyond.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Partisans neither expect nor receive reputational rewards for sharing falsehoods over truth online.PNAS nexus · 2024Article
- The Politics of Covid-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in Southeastern Europe.Comparative Southeast European studies · 2024Article
- The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories.Psychological inquiry · 2024Article
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- Making Nations Great Again: National Narcissism and the Left, the Right, and the Extreme in the European Context.International review of social psychology · 2024Article
- The role of perceived minority-group status in the conspiracy beliefs of factual majority groups.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Novel Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Examining the association between social media fatigue, cognitive ability, narcissism and misinformation sharing: cross-national evidence from eight countries.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- On modeling the correlates of conspiracy thinking.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Retrospective Analysis of the Psychological Predictors of Public Health Support in Bulgarians at the Beginning of the Coronavirus Pandemic.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries.Scientific data · 2023Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Conspiracy theories related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have propagated around the globe, leading the World Health Organization to declare the spread of misinformation an "Infodemic." We tested the hypothesis that national narcissism-a belief in the greatness of one's nation that requires external recognition-is associated with the spread of conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic. In two large-scale national surveys (
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