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Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity
André Luiz Alves RabeloGiuseppina PorcielloHulda ThórisdóttirOlivier KleinEstrella GualdaBiljana GjoneskaAleksandra CichockaAleksandra CichockaThomas ArciszewskiLjupcho PetkovskiGilad HirschbergerMyrto PantaziRoland ImhoffRumena BužarovskaSylvie GrafSylvie GrafJan-willem Van ProoijenFelix ZimmerPascal Wagner-eggerKosta BovanPia LambertyVladimir TurjačaninMaria BabińskaAndré KrouwelAdrian BangerterAsbjørn DyrendalJasna MilosevicJp PrimsViren SwamiMichael SchepisiSylvain DelouvéeIris ZezeljJais Adam-troianRobbie M. SuttonMichał BilewiczAnna KendeNebojša BlanušaSilvia MariMatt MotylMaria Serena PanasitiPéter KrekóKaren M. DouglasElif ÇElebisubject
Cultural cognitionSociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyPsychologie socialeSituated cognitionmedia_common.quotation_subjectconspiracist beliefs ; cultural values ; situated cognition ; collectivism ; masculinity ; cross-culturalConspiracist beliefs[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology050109 social psychologyExperimental and Cognitive Psychologycultural valueKey (music)collectivismcross-culturalconspiracy theoriesPsychologie politique050602 political science & public administrationCross-cultural0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesHofstede's cultural dimensions theorymasculinitysituated cognitionComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSmedia_commonM-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALECultural values05 social sciencesPerspective (graphical)CollectivismCross-culturalSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities0506 political scienceculturePhilosophyClinical PsychologyMasculinityPolitical Science and International RelationsPsychologie inter-culturelle[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalitiesSituated cognitionconspiracist beliefPsychology61 PsicologíaSocial psychologydescription
Research suggests that belief in conspiracy theories (CT) stems from basic psychological mechanisms and is linked to other belief systems (e.g. religious beliefs). While previous research has extensively examined individual and contextual variables associated with CT beliefs, it has not yet investigated the role of culture. In the current research, we tested, based on a situated cultural cognition perspective, the extent to which culture predicts CT beliefs. Using Hofstede’s model of cultural values, three nation-level analyses of data from 25, 19 and 18 countries using different measures of CT beliefs (Study 1, N = 5,323; Study 2a, N = 12,255; Study 2b, N = 30,994) revealed positive associations between Masculinity, Collectivism and CT beliefs. A cross-sectional study among US citizens (Study 3, N = 350), using individual-level measures of Hofstede’s values, replicated these findings. A meta-analysis of correlations across studies corroborated the presence of positive links between CT beliefs, Collectivism, r = .31, 95%CI = [.15; 47] and Masculinity, r = .39, 95%CI = [.18; 59]. Our results suggest that in addition to individual-differences and contextual variables, cultural factors also play an important role in shaping CT beliefs.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2021-08-01 |