How Anti-Social Personality Traits and Anti-Establishment Views Promote Beliefs in Election Fraud, QAnon, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation

Overview of attention for article published in American Politics Research, November 2022

Altmetric Badge

About this Attention Score

In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (94th percentile)
Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (73rd percentile)

Mentioned by

blogs: 1 blog
twitter: 23 X users
reddit: 13 Redditors

video: 1 YouTube creator
bluesky: 5 Bluesky users

Readers on

mendeley: 65 Mendeley

So far, Altmetric has seen 15 Reddit threads by 13 users.

Evidence on whether personality traits predispose people to belief in conspiracy theories?

User Dry-Sun-6061, in the QAnonCasualties subreddit, 30 Jul 2025

As far as I can tell, the science tells us that there is no...

User Dry-Sun-6061, in the QAnonCasualties subreddit, 29 Jul 2025

As far as I can tell, the science tells us that there is no strong correlation between belief in conspiracy theories and…

>MAGA can not be explained by Cluster B personality...

User SaintUlvemann, in the 50501 subreddit, 28 Jun 2025

>MAGA can not be explained by Cluster B personality disorders alone. But it's not just about people who've developed a disorder.

Actually, Trump supporters are more likely to display dark...

User thatblondbitch, in the BoomersBeingFools subreddit, 26 Nov 2024

Actually, Trump supporters are more likely to display dark triad traits. And trump women are more likely to display subclinical…

This page shows the most recent Reddit threads that mention this research output. Click here to find out how to access more activity, including 11 additional Reddit threads.