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Imhoff, Roland ORCID: 0000-0003-0807-463X and Bruder, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-0966-4551 (2014). Speaking (Un-)Truth to Power: Conspiracy Mentality as a Generalised Political Attitude. Eur. J. Personal., 28 (1). S. 25 - 44. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1099-0984

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Abstract

Conspiracy theories explain complex world events with reference to secret plots hatched by powerful groups. Belief in such theories is largely determined by a general propensity towards conspirational thinking. Such a conspiracy mentality can be understood as a generalised political attitude, distinct from established generalised political attitudes such as right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) (Study 1a, N=497) that is temporally relatively stable (Study 1b and 1c, total N=196). Three further studies (combined N=854) show that in contrast to RWA and SDO, conspiracy mentality is related to prejudice against high-power groups that are perceived as less likeable and more threatening than low-power groups, whereas SDO and RWA are associated with an opposite reaction to perceptions of power. Study 5 (N=1852) investigates the relationship of conspiracy mentality with political behavioural intentions in a specific catastrophic scenario (i.e. the damage to the Fukushima nuclear reactor after the 2011 tsunami in Japan) revealing a hitherto neglected role of conspiracy mentality in motivating social action aimed at changing the status quo. Copyright (c) 2013 European Association of Personality Psychology.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Imhoff, Roland UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-463X UNSPECIFIED Bruder, Martin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0966-4551 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-452086
DOI:	10.1002/per.1930
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. J. Personal.
Volume:	28
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 25 - 44
Date:	2014
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-0984
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL-DOMINANCE ORIENTATION; RIGHT-WING AUTHORITARIANISM; BIG-5 PERSONALITY; BELIEF; PREJUDICE; SYSTEM; DIMENSIONS; IDEATION; VALUES; SCALE Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/45208