A Birther and a Truther: The Influence of the Authoritarian Personality on Conspiracy Beliefs

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Richey
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pia Lamberty ◽  
David Leiser

Even though conspiracy theories often address political issues, the question of how conspiracy beliefs affect people's political action has not been satisfyingly answered. We show how conspiracy beliefs are linked to political action. Study 1 (N = 203) shows that conspiracy beliefs were linked to violence. Study 2 (N = 268) supported the notion that conspiracy beliefs were linked to weaker support for normative actions and stronger support of violent action. In Study 3 (N = 180), we explored experimentally whether conspiracy beliefs increase violent action. The longitudinal Study 4 (N T1 = 523, N T2 = 274, N T3 = 199) showed over a timespan of one year that conspiracy beliefs increased non-normative political action.


2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 964-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Ping LI ◽  
Sheng-Yu YANG ◽  
Meng-Yao LI

Author(s):  
Gede Benny Setia Wirawan ◽  
Putu Nandika Tungga Yudanti Mahardani ◽  
Made Ratna Komala Cahyani ◽  
Ni Luh Prema Shantika Putri Laksmi ◽  
Pande Putu Januraga

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