Associations between schizotypy and belief in conspiracist ideation

被引：93

作者：

Barron, David ^{[1
]}

Morgan, Kevin ^{[1
]}

Towell, Tony ^{[1
]}

Altemeyer, Boris ^{[1
]}

Swami, Viren ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Westminster, Dept Psychol, London W1B 2UW, England

[2] HELP Univ Coll, Dept Psychol, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

来源：

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2014年 / 70卷

关键词：

Conspiracy theories; Conspiracist ideation; Schizotypy; Odd Beliefs; Magical Thinking; Paranormal beliefs; PARANORMAL BELIEF; PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; SCALE; ADOLESCENTS; THINKING;

D O I：

10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.040

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Previous studies have reported associations between conspiracist ideation and domain-level facets of schizotypy, but less is known about associations with lower-order facets. In the present study, 447 adults completed measures of conspiracist ideation and the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ), consisting of nine subscales grouped into four domains. Results of a multiple regression showed that two domains of the SPQ significantly predicted conspiracist ideation, but multicollinearity was a limiting factor. In a second regression, we found that the subscales of Odd Beliefs or Magical Thinking and Ideas of Reference significantly predicted conspiracist ideation, without any multicollinearity constraints. We interpret these results as implicating two specific lower-order facets of schizotypy in belief in conspiracy theories. We further contrast the present results with previous studies indicating associations between conspiracist ideation and paranormal beliefs. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：156 / 159

页数：4

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