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Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance

Matthew J. Hornsey Orcid Logo, Samuel Pearson Orcid Logo, Jemima Kang, Kai Sassenberg Orcid Logo, Jolanda Jetten, Paul A. M. Van Lange, Lucia G. Medina, Catherine E. Amiot Orcid Logo, Liisi Ausmees, Peter Baguma, Oumar Barry, Maja Becker, Michal Bilewicz, Thomas Castelain, Giulio Costantini, Girts Dimdins, Agustín Espinosa, Gillian Finchilescu, Malte Friese, Roberto González Orcid Logo, Nobuhiko Goto, Ángel Gómez, Peter Halama, Ruby Ilustrisimo, Gabriela Jiga-Boy Orcid Logo, Johannes Karl, Peter Kuppens, Steve Loughnan, Marijana Markovikj, Khairul A. Mastor, Neil McLatchie, Lindsay M. Novak, Blessing N. Onyekachi, Müjde Peker, Muhammad Rizwan, Mark Schaller, Eunkook M. Suh, Sanaz Talaifar, Eddie M. W. Tong, Ana Torres, Rhiannon N. Turner, Christin‐Melanie Vauclair Orcid Logo, Alexander Vinogradov, Zhechen Wang Orcid Logo, Victoria Wai Lan Yeung, Brock Bastian

European Journal of Social Psychology, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 78 - 89

Swansea University Author: Gabriela Jiga-Boy Orcid Logo

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While a great deal is known about the individual difference factors associated with conspiracy beliefs, much less is known about the country‐level factors that shape people's willingness to believe conspiracy theories. In the current article we discuss the possibility that willingness to believ...

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title Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance
spellingShingle Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance
Gabriela Jiga-Boy
title_short Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance
title_full Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance
title_fullStr Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance
title_full_unstemmed Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance
title_sort Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance
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author2 Matthew J. Hornsey
Samuel Pearson
Jemima Kang
Kai Sassenberg
Jolanda Jetten
Paul A. M. Van Lange
Lucia G. Medina
Catherine E. Amiot
Liisi Ausmees
Peter Baguma
Oumar Barry
Maja Becker
Michal Bilewicz
Thomas Castelain
Giulio Costantini
Girts Dimdins
Agustín Espinosa
Gillian Finchilescu
Malte Friese
Roberto González
Nobuhiko Goto
Ángel Gómez
Peter Halama
Ruby Ilustrisimo
Gabriela Jiga-Boy
Johannes Karl
Peter Kuppens
Steve Loughnan
Marijana Markovikj
Khairul A. Mastor
Neil McLatchie
Lindsay M. Novak
Blessing N. Onyekachi
Müjde Peker
Muhammad Rizwan
Mark Schaller
Eunkook M. Suh
Sanaz Talaifar
Eddie M. W. Tong
Ana Torres
Rhiannon N. Turner
Christin‐Melanie Vauclair
Alexander Vinogradov
Zhechen Wang
Victoria Wai Lan Yeung
Brock Bastian
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description While a great deal is known about the individual difference factors associated with conspiracy beliefs, much less is known about the country‐level factors that shape people's willingness to believe conspiracy theories. In the current article we discuss the possibility that willingness to believe conspiracy theories might be shaped by the perception (and reality) of poor economic performance at the national level. To test this notion, we surveyed 6723 participants from 36 countries. In line with predictions, propensity to believe conspiracy theories was negatively associated with perceptions of current and future national economic vitality. Furthermore, countries with higher GDP per capita tended to have lower belief in conspiracy theories. The data suggest that conspiracy beliefs are not just caused by intrapsychic factors but are also shaped by difficult economic circumstances for which distrust might have a rational basis.
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