Large study challenges conspiracy mentality as the core of clustered conspiracy beliefs
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Analysis of nearly 30,000 people across 17 country samples, in the European Journal of Social Psychology, challenges the idea that a general suspicious “conspiracy mentality” usually anchors why people who believe one conspiracy theory believe others. Conspiracy mentality and belief in specific theories are related but largely distinct; how tightly they link varied with different conspiracy items and questionnaires across studies.
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