Paranoia and conspiracy thinking share many risk factors, such as victimization, poverty and
social isolation. They also have many phenomenological features in common, including …

Paranoia and conspiracy thinking are known to be distinct but correlated constructs, but it is
unknown whether certain types of conspiracy thinking are more common in paranoia than …

Paranoia and belief in conspiracy theories both involve suspiciousness about the intentions
of others but have rarely been studied together. In three studies, one with a mainly student …

Public discourse and scholarly literature often make a strong connection between paranoid
thought and belief in conspiracy theories. We report one metaanalysis and two …

Research suggests that conspiracy beliefs are adopted because they promise to reduce
anxiety, uncertainty, and threat. However, little research has investigated whether …

Many people believe conspiracy theories, even though such beliefs are harmful to
themselves and their social environment. What is the appeal of conspiracy theories? In this …

Although conspiracy theories have arguably always been an important feature of social life,
they have only attracted the attention of social psychologists in recent years. The last …

Although there have always been conspiracy theories, it seems that nowadays–in the time of
the continuous development of the Internet (Coady, 2006)–there are more conspiracy …

This chapter outlines what is known to date, and reviews the psychological research on the
positive and negative consequences of conspiracy theories. It argues that future research …

Conspiracy theories attribute socially significant events to secret plots and schemes by
powerful, unaccountable forces (Coady, 2006; Douglas and Sutton, 2008, 2011; Goertzel …