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| Title |
Conspiracy theory and cognitive style: a worldview
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, February 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00206 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Neil Dagnall, Kenneth Drinkwater, Andrew Parker, Andrew Denovan, Megan Parton |
| Abstract |
This paper assessed whether belief in conspiracy theories was associated with a particularly cognitive style (worldview). The sample comprised 223 volunteers recruited via convenience sampling and included undergraduates, postgraduates, university employees, and alumni. Respondents completed measures assessing a range of cognitive-perceptual factors (schizotypy, delusional ideation, and hallucination proneness) and conspiratorial beliefs (general attitudes toward conspiracist thinking and endorsement of individual conspiracies). Positive symptoms of schizotypy, particularly the cognitive-perceptual factor, correlated positively with conspiracist beliefs. The best predictor of belief in conspiracies was delusional ideation. Consistent with the notion of a coherent conspiratorial mindset, scores across conspiracy measures correlated strongly. Whilst findings supported the view that belief in conspiracies, within the sub-clinical population, was associated with a delusional thinking style, cognitive-perceptual factors in combination accounted for only 32% of the variance. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 201 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 35% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 3% |
| Australia | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 3 | 1% |
| Ireland | 3 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 3% |
| Unknown | 105 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 164 | 82% |
| Scientists | 24 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 11 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 234 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 232 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 15% |
| Researcher | 30 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 7% |
| Other | 56 | 24% |
| Unknown | 50 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 97 | 41% |
| Social Sciences | 39 | 17% |
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 2% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 29 | 12% |
| Unknown | 53 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 346. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 July 2023.
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#184
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#955
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