Gutenberg Open Science: A uniform conspiracy mindset or differentiated reactions to specific conspiracy beliefs? : Evidence from latent profile analyses

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dc.contributor.author	Frenken, Marius	-
dc.contributor.author	Imhoff, Roland	-
dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-26T07:21:15Z	-
dc.date.available	2021-10-26T07:21:15Z	-
dc.date.issued	2021	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/6421	-
dc.description.abstract	Conspiracy theories arise for virtually any public event (e.g., pandemics, assassinations, disasters). In light of positively correlated endorsements of such beliefs, many have pointed to a more general mindset behind this. Others have argued against this notion of a consistent mindset. Applying Latent Profile Analyses, we examine the evidence for either uniform or differentiated response patterns to various items in five studies (reanalyzed datasets, total N = 7877). Overall, the results speak strongly to uniform reactions that could be summarized as a general mindset, but also revealed important qualifications. First, small parts of the samples show more differentiated patterns in relation to extraterrestrial cover-up narratives (Studies 2 to 4) or contradictory theories (Study 5). Second, indicators dealing with the general suppression of relevant information in the public were among the items with the highest approval ratings across all classes. One discussed implication is that existing scales are useful tools to measure conspiracy mindsets. Another implication is that the average endorsement of any conspiracy theory is a function of both the respondents’ conspiracy mindset and the item’s psychometric difficulty, strongly suggesting interpreting item endorsement only in relative terms, but refraining from interpreting a high agreement as an absolute number.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychologie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychology	en_GB
dc.title	A uniform conspiracy mindset or differentiated reactions to specific conspiracy beliefs? : Evidence from latent profile analyses	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6411	-
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	International review of social psychology	de
jgu.journal.volume	34	de
jgu.journal.issue	1	de
jgu.pages.alternative	27	de
jgu.publisher.year	2021	-
jgu.publisher.name	Ubiquity Press	de
jgu.publisher.place	London	de
jgu.publisher.uri	https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.590	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2397-8570	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	150	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.5334/irsp.590
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485
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