A tidal wave of research has tried to uncover the motivational and personological correlates
of conspiratorial ideation, often studying these two classes of correlates in parallel. Here, we …

People are motivated to perceive themselves as having control over their lives.
Consequently, they respond to events and cognitions that reduce control with compensatory …

In times of crisis, people are more prone to endorse conspiracy theories. Conspiracy
thinking provides answers about the causes of an event, but it can also have harmful social …

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

Societal crises and stressful events are associated with an upsurge of conspiracy beliefs that
may help people to tackle feelings of lack of control. In our study (N= 783), we examined …

When people judge their lives as meaningful, what is this judgment about? Drawing on
recent tripartite theoretical accounts of meaning in life (MIL), we tested the separate …

There is growing recognition that identification with social groups can protect and enhance
health and well-being, thereby constituting a kind of “social cure.” The present research …

We are living in an age of conspiracy theories, whether it's enduring, widely held beliefs
such as government involvement in the Kennedy assassination or alien activity at Roswell …

Belief in conspiracy theories about Jews is a prototypical example of how a naïve theory can
serve as a universal explanation of “all the bad things happening in society.” Such a theory …

Threats to control have been found to increase belief in conspiracy theories. We argue,
however, that previous research observing this effect was limited in two ways. First, previous …