ANALYTIC COGNITIVE STYLE AND CONSPIRACY MENTALITY AS PREDICTORS OF CONSPIRACY BELIEFS

• Authors: Ballová Mikušková Eva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study aims to verify the level of conspiracy beliefs and the relationship of conspiracy beliefs with the conspiracy mentality and analytic cognitive style. A total of 470 participants (49.4% women) aged 18-73 years old (M = 42.35; SD = 13.12) participated in the study. They completed the Slovak Conspiracy Belief Scale, the Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire, the Cognitive Reflection Test, the Jellybean Task, the Rational-Experiential Inventory, and the Master Rationality Motive Scale. Conspiracy beliefs were at the midpoint level, and the beliefs that participants most trusted were identified. Although conspiracy beliefs correlated negatively with cognitive reflection, denominator neglect and motivation for rational integration and positively with conspiracy mentality and preference for experiential thinking, only conspiracy mentality, cognitive reflection and motivation for rational integration were significant predictors of conspiracy beliefs.

Keywords

EN

CONSPIRACY BELIEFS; CONSPIRACY MENTALITY; COGNITIVE REFLECTION; RATIONAL INTEGRATION

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 190 – 203

Contributors

author

Ballová Mikušková Eva

• Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2021.02.819