Paranoid and conspiracy beliefs: The role of anxiety and life satisfaction

IF 1.1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Studia Psychologica Pub Date : 2021-04-02 DOI:10.31234/OSF.IO/ZW65S

Veronika Pekárová

引用次数: 2

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the relationship between paranoid and conspiracy beliefs and how these beliefs further relate to anxiety-trait, anxiety disorders, and satisfaction with life. The research was attended by 814 participants who were administered the Paranoia Scale, the Slovak Conspiracy Belief Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Satisfaction With Life Scale. The results suggest that paranoid beliefs were associated with conspiracy beliefs, anxiety-trait, and life satisfaction. All of the variables together accounted for almost 40% of the variance of paranoid beliefs. In addition, the presence of anxiety disorders had a relatively strong effect on the level of paranoid beliefs. However, life satisfaction and anxiety-trait were not related to conspiracy beliefs. These results suggest the more attention should be drawn to mental health as both anxiety level and life satisfaction, along with conspiracy beliefs significantly predicted paranoid beliefs.

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偏执和阴谋信念:焦虑和生活满意度的作用

本研究旨在探讨偏执和阴谋信念之间的关系，以及这些信念如何进一步与焦虑特质、焦虑障碍和生活满意度相关。共有814名参与者参加了研究，他们分别接受了偏执量表、斯洛伐克阴谋信念量表、状态-特质焦虑量表和生活满意度量表。结果表明，偏执信念与阴谋信念、焦虑特质和生活满意度有关。所有这些变量加起来占偏执信念方差的近40%。此外，焦虑障碍的存在对偏执信念的水平有相对较强的影响。然而，生活满意度和焦虑特质与阴谋信念无关。这些结果表明，应该更多地关注心理健康，因为焦虑水平和生活满意度以及阴谋信念都能显著预测偏执信念。

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来源期刊

Studia Psychologica PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

8.30%

发文量

审稿时长

43 weeks

期刊介绍： The international journal Studia Psychologica is published by the Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, since 1956. The journal publishes original articles in the area of psychology of cognitive processes in personality and social context. The journal aims at providing contributions to the understanding of cognitive processes which are used in the everyday functioning of human beings. This includes studies on the acquisition and use of knowledge about the world by human beings, the nature of such knowledge, and the relationship between knowledge, behavior and personality conceived as an agent in his/her environment.