Gutenberg Open Science: On the Usefulness of the Conspiracy Mentality Concept

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dc.contributor.author	Imhoff, Roland	-
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-30T14:22:51Z	-
dc.date.available	2024-04-30T14:22:51Z	-
dc.date.issued	2024	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/10361	-
dc.description.abstract	The current commentary aims at defending the usefulness of the conspiracy mentality construct and emphasize its advantages over other ways to conceptualize and measure conspiracy beliefs. In contrast to specific conspiracy theories, items tapping into conspiracy mentality are typically not ideologically laden and are typically neither true nor false. They thus provide a purer measure of endorsing a conspiracy worldview – independent of ideological leaning or concerns of accuracy. Responding to Nera’s complaint about a Black Box definition of conspiracy mentality, the current commentary argues that the current state of the literature goes beyond that. Far from defining conspiracy mentality only in terms of agreeing with specific conspiracy theories, scholars have postulated its constituents (e.g., anti-elitism) and established some associates (e.g., generalized distrust). Whether a more fine-grained approach to conspiracy mentality as a multi-faceted construct will provide more useful is to be conceptually argued and empirically demonstrated instead of merely claimed.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY-NC	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychologie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychology	en_GB
dc.title	On the Usefulness of the Conspiracy Mentality Concept	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-10343	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport	de
jgu.organisation.number	7910	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Zeitschrift für Psychologie	de
jgu.journal.volume	231	de
jgu.journal.issue	1	de
jgu.pages.start	59	de
jgu.pages.end	63	de
jgu.publisher.year	2024	-
jgu.publisher.name	Hogrefe	de
jgu.publisher.place	Götingen	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2151-2604	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	150	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1027/2151-2604/a000550	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
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