ArticlePersonality & social psychology bulletin2026
Does Lower Psychological Need Satisfaction Foster Conspiracy Belief? Longitudinal Effects Over 3 Years in New Zealand.
Article in Personality & social psychology bulletin, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Why existential threats increase conspiracy beliefs: Evidence for the mediating roles of agency detection and pattern perception.British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) · 2026Article
- "You lose the person; they're still there but you don't recognize them": A qualitative study examining the consequences of conspiracy beliefs for romantic partners.The British journal of social psychology · 2026Article
- Owners of a conspiratorial heart? Investigating the longitudinal relationship between loneliness and conspiracy beliefs.The British journal of social psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Although conspiracy belief may arise from a frustration of psychological needs, research has yet to investigate these relationships over time. Using four annual waves of longitudinal panel data in New Zealand (2019-2022;
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