ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Finding Someone to Blame: The Link Between COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs, Prejudice, Support for Violence, and Other Negative Social Outcomes.
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- Emotional pathways linking relative deprivation experiences to conspiracy beliefs: a mini-meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Pooled it
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- Epistemically unwarranted beliefs scale, development and evidence of validity in the Chilean population.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories.Psychological inquiry · 2024Article
- Scientific reasoning is associated with rejection of unfounded health beliefs and adherence to evidence-based regulations during the Covid-19 pandemic.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Moral foundations are better predictors of belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories than the Big Five personality traits.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Political ideology predicts preventative behaviors and infections amid COVID-19 in democracies.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Knowledge of Human Monkeypox and Its Relation to Conspiracy Beliefs among Students in Jordanian Health Schools: Filling the Knowledge Gap on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Diverse Experiences and Coping During the COVID-19 Lockdown and Unlock in India.Trends in psychology · 2022Article
- Alike but not the same: Psychological profiles of COVID-19 vaccine skeptics.Health psychology openArticle
- COVID-19 Related Stresses, Conspiracy Beliefs, Uncertainty, and Non-adherence to Safety Guidelines.International journal of psychological researchArticle
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Abstract
One of the appeals of conspiracy theories in times of crises is that they provide someone to blame for what has happened. Thereby, they increase distrust, negative feelings, and hostility toward implicated actors, whether those are powerful social outgroups or one's own government representatives. Two studies reported here examine associations of COVID-19 conspiracy theories with prejudice, support for violence, and other and negative social outcomes. In Study 1 (
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