The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis
requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on …

Scholarly efforts to understand conspiracy theories have grown significantly in recent years,
and there is now a broad and interdisciplinary literature. In reviewing this body of work, we …

Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an
important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large …

In a nationally representative sample from Poland (N= 755), we examined the relationships
between the Dark Triad traits (ie, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism) and …

The rise of the radical populist right has been linked to fundamental socioeconomic changes
fueled by globalization and economic deregulation. Yet, socioeconomic factors can hardly …

Conspiracy theories are inevitable in complex human societies. And while they have always
been with us, their ubiquity in our political discourse is nearly unprecedented. Their salience …

Belief in conspiracy theories about Jews is a prototypical example of how a naïve theory can
serve as a universal explanation of “all the bad things happening in society.” Such a theory …

This study analyzes the effects of conspiracy beliefs on violent extremist intentions. More
specifically, we investigate whether the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and violent …

Gender studies have often been criticized for undermining family and religious values. In this
paper, we argue that these criticisms exhibit the characteristics of conspiracy theories. We …

In the present study, we applied the quest for significance model of radicalization to explain
the use of political violence. According to the model, when people experience loss of …