Why people believe in conspiracy theories, with Karen Douglas, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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Are There Any Relationships Between Narcissism and Belief in Conspiracy Theories?
Narcissism is one of those individual differences variables that does correlate with belief in conspiracy theories. In terms of gender, at least in the research that myself and my colleagues have conducted, we've never found any differences in terms of, we gender differences interms of conspiracy belief. The prototypical conspiracy theorists are well-known people who propagate these conspiracy theories, but not necessarily your everyday person who's consuming this information on the internet or deciding whether or not it’s true.
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