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ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2024

Personality and misinformation.

Dustin P Calvillo, Alex León, Abraham M Rutchick

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Review in Current opinion in psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Who Falls for Misinformation and Why?Personality & social psychology bulletin · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dustin P CalvilloPsychology Department, California State University San Marcos, USA. Electronic address: dcalvill@csusm.edu.
Alex LeónPsychology Department, California State University San Marcos, USA.
Abraham M RutchickPsychology Department, California State University, Northridge, USA.

Funding

Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training Program at CSU San Marcos with UCSD and TSRIT32GM146604 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS · PI Kevin Daniel Corbett, DAWN LISA EASTMOND · 2022 to 2026
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM146604
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Misinformation poses a significant concern, promoting false beliefs and eroding trust in media. People differ in their susceptibility to believe and to share misinformation. In this article, we reviewed recent research on relationships between personality traits and belief in and sharing of misinformation. Findings show that more extroverted and less conscientious and agreeable people tend to be more susceptible to believing in and sharing misinformation. Additionally, the Dark Triad personality traits of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism tend to be positively associated with sharing of misinformation, and narcissism and psychopathy are associated with greater belief in misinformation. Understanding these individual differences can inform interventions to reduce the effects of misinformation.

Indexed as

MachiavellianismPersonalityAntisocial Personality DisorderDisease SusceptibilityHumansNarcissism

Identifiers

PMID38065004
PMCPMC11193381

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Registered trials

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