Beyond general political attitudes: Conspiracy mentality as a global belief system predicts endorsement of international and local conspiracy theories
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Milošević Đorđević, Jasna
Žeželj, Iris
Đurić, Živojin
Abstract / Description
Conspiracy mentality is a general tendency to attribute significant events to the actions of malevolent actors, without referencing to a specific event. In two independent representative surveys of adult Serbian citizens (N1 = 1194; N2 = 1258) we validated Serbian version of the conspiracy mentality questionnaire (CMQ), a reasonably content-free tool designed to capture global conspiratorial beliefs. We successfully validated the adapted CMQ and replicated findings on two national representative samples. In both studies the results demonstrated: good psychometric properties of the CMQ and its predictive capacity for endorsing the international Conspiracy Theories (CTs) (Study 1) and the locally specific CTs (Study 2) over and above the measures of perceptions of political climate (trust in institutions, corruption perception, feeling of insecurity – Study 1), and generalized political attitudes (right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, political cynicism – Study 2). The study presents a unique adaptation and implementation of the CMQ in the non-English speaking country with very active and widespread conspiracy beliefs and a long history of conflicts.
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conspiracy mentality local-universal conspiracy theories political attitudes political climate Zaverenički mentalitet lokalno-univerzalne teorije zavere politički stavovi politička klimaPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2021-02-26
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
9
Issue
1
Page numbers
144–158
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
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peerReviewed
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Milošević Đorđević, J., Žeželj, I., & Đurić, (2021). Beyond general political attitudes: Conspiracy mentality as a global belief system predicts endorsement of international and local conspiracy theories. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 144-158. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5609
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Milošević Đorđević, Jasna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Žeželj, Iris
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Đurić, Živojin
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Date of first publication2021-02-26
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Abstract / DescriptionConspiracy mentality is a general tendency to attribute significant events to the actions of malevolent actors, without referencing to a specific event. In two independent representative surveys of adult Serbian citizens (N1 = 1194; N2 = 1258) we validated Serbian version of the conspiracy mentality questionnaire (CMQ), a reasonably content-free tool designed to capture global conspiratorial beliefs. We successfully validated the adapted CMQ and replicated findings on two national representative samples. In both studies the results demonstrated: good psychometric properties of the CMQ and its predictive capacity for endorsing the international Conspiracy Theories (CTs) (Study 1) and the locally specific CTs (Study 2) over and above the measures of perceptions of political climate (trust in institutions, corruption perception, feeling of insecurity – Study 1), and generalized political attitudes (right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, political cynicism – Study 2). The study presents a unique adaptation and implementation of the CMQ in the non-English speaking country with very active and widespread conspiracy beliefs and a long history of conflicts.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationMilošević Đorđević, J., Žeželj, I., & Đurić, (2021). Beyond general political attitudes: Conspiracy mentality as a global belief system predicts endorsement of international and local conspiracy theories. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 144-158. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5609en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5647
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6251
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5609
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4550
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Keyword(s)conspiracy mentalityen_US
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Keyword(s)local-universal conspiracy theoriesen_US
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Keyword(s)political attitudesen_US
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Keyword(s)political climateen_US
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Keyword(s)Zaverenički mentalitetrs_RS
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Keyword(s)lokalno-univerzalne teorije zaverers_RS
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Keyword(s)politički stavovirs_RS
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Keyword(s)politička klimars_RS
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleBeyond general political attitudes: Conspiracy mentality as a global belief system predicts endorsement of international and local conspiracy theoriesen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers144–158
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Volume9
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US