Too special to be duped: Need for uniqueness motivates conspiracy beliefs
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- Journal article
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- Autoren
- Roland Imhoff
- Pia Karoline Lamberty
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000412080300005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- DOI
- 10.1002/ejsp.2265
- eISSN
- 1099-0992
- Externe Identifier
- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: FI6DH
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 6
- Zeitschrift
- EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Schlüsselwörter
- conspiracy mentality
- conspiracy theories
- generalized political attitudes
- need for uniqueness
- Paginierung
- 724 - 734
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2017
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- Too special to be duped: Need for uniqueness motivates conspiracy beliefs
- Sub types
- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 47
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- Abstract
- <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Adding to the growing literature on the antecedents of conspiracy beliefs, this paper argues that a small part in motivating the endorsement of such seemingly irrational beliefs is the desire to stick out from the crowd, the need for uniqueness. Across three studies, we establish a modest but robust association between the self‐attributed need for uniqueness and a general conspirational mindset (conspiracy mentality) as well as the endorsement of specific conspiracy beliefs. Following up on previous findings that people high in need for uniqueness resist majority and yield to minority influence, Study 3 experimentally shows that a fictitious conspiracy theory received more support by people high in conspiracy mentality when this theory was said to be supported by only a minority (vs. majority) of survey respondents. Together, these findings support the notion that conspiracy beliefs can be adopted as a means to attain a sense of uniqueness.</jats:p>
- Autoren
- Roland Imhoff
- Pia Karoline Lamberty
- DOI
- 10.1002/ejsp.2265
- eISSN
- 1099-0992
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 6
- Zeitschrift
- European Journal of Social Psychology
- Sprache
- en
- Online publication date
- 2017
- Paginierung
- 724 - 734
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2017
- Status
- Published
- Herausgeber
- Wiley
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2265
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2023
- Titel
- Too special to be duped: Need for uniqueness motivates conspiracy beliefs
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 47
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