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

Despite regular reference to conspiracy theories as a “belief system,” few studies have
attempted to explore the structure and organization of conspiracy beliefs beyond an …

Objective This study disentangles the known correlates of conspiracy beliefs—such as the
general predisposition toward conspiratorial thinking, authoritarianism, and partisan and …

Highlights•Conspiracy beliefs have important political correlates and consequences, which
can undermine trust and participation in democratic processes.•They are not the preserve of …

Surveys indicate that belief in conspiracy theories is widespread. Previous studies have
indicated that such beliefs are related to agreeableness, low levels of self esteem, certain …

Belief in conspiracy theories is a widespread societal phenomenon. For instance, in 2004,
according to a Zogby International poll, 49% of New York City residents believed that the US …

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

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

It is often claimed that conspiracy theories are endorsed with the same level of intensity
across the leftright ideological spectrum. But do liberals and conservatives in the United …

In the last decade, the number of investigations of the beliefs in conspiracy theories has
begun to increase in the fields of social, differential, and experimental psychology. A …