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Does Developing a Belief in One Conspiracy Theory Lead a Person to be More Likely to Believe in Others?
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- Does Developing a Belief in One Conspiracy Theory Lead a Person to be More Likely to Believe in Others?
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- University of Otago
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The monological belief system model suggests that—for at least a subset of people—developing a belief in one conspiracy theory will cause them to be more likely to believe in others. This model has been influential in the literature, but its core causal hypothesis has never been credibly tested. We therefore tested it in two longitudinal studies. Study 1 used a sample from New Zealand and Australia ( N = 498), with 7 monthly waves. Study 2 (preregistered) used a sample from New Zealand, Aust...
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- Date created
- 2025-02-17
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- Williams, Matt N. / Marques, Mathew D. / Kerr, John R. / Hill, Stephen R. / Ling, Mathew / Clarke, Edward J. R.
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- https://hdl.handle.net/10523/45016
- Related subjects
- conspiracy / monological / longitudinal / political psychology
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