Role of Conspiracy Mentality and Paranormal Beliefs in Predicting Conspiracy Beliefs Among Neopagans

IF 0.1 Q2 Arts and Humanities

International Journal for the Study of New Religions Pub Date : 2018-07-27 DOI:10.1558/ijsnr.36716

Asbjørn Dyrendal, L. Kennair, James R. Lewis

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Abstract

Recent studies on conspiracy thinking has concluded that the strongest predictor of the tendency towards conspiratorial thinking is a one-dimensional construct-conspiracy mentality-that is relatively stable over time and valid across cultures. Lantian et al. (2016) found that a single, elaborate question can work as a measure of conspiracy beliefs. We assess the validity of this question for an untypical, religious group: self-identified Neopagans. We also test some recent findings on the relation between conspiracy thinking and paranormal beliefs, attitudes towards group equality, political identification, age, gender, and education. The general patterns hold up well in our investigation, but there was a clear distinction between conspiracy theories about powerful actors and those about minorities. The single-item measure was the largest predictor of the former kind of conspiracy belief followed by level of paranormal beliefs. Anti-egalitarianism and holding a right-wing political identity were the strongest predictors of conspiracy beliefs about minorities. Education was negatively related to conspiracy beliefs of all kinds.

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阴谋心理和超自然信仰在预测新异教徒阴谋信仰中的作用

最近对阴谋思维的研究得出结论，阴谋思维倾向的最强预测因素是一种一维的建构阴谋心态，这种心态随着时间的推移相对稳定，在不同文化中都是有效的。Lantian等人（2016）发现，一个复杂的问题可以作为阴谋信念的衡量标准。我们评估了这个问题对于一个不典型的宗教团体的有效性：自我认同的新异教徒。我们还测试了最近关于阴谋思维与超自然信仰、对群体平等的态度、政治认同、年龄、性别和教育之间关系的一些发现。在我们的调查中，总体模式很好，但关于有权势的行为者的阴谋论和关于少数群体的阴谋论之间有明显的区别。单项测量是前一种阴谋信念的最大预测因子，其次是超自然信念的水平。反平等主义和持有右翼政治身份是少数民族阴谋信念的最有力预测因素。教育与各种阴谋信念呈负相关。

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期刊介绍： The International Journal for the Study of New Religions considers submissions from both established scholars and research students from all over the world. Articles should be written for a general scholarly audience. All articles accepted by the editors are then peer-reviewed. International Journal for the Study of New Religions is published biannually in May and November. Each issue includes articles and a number of book reviews. The journal is published simultaneously in print and onlineThe language of publication is English, and submissions should be English.