ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Nation-Level Cultural Values Predict Prevalence of Conspiracist Beliefs about the 9/11 Attacks.
- JP Prims
University of Illinois at Chicago - Jais Troian
Aix-Marseille University - Matt Motyl
New York University - Thomas Arciszewski
Aix-Marseille University
Abstract
Conspiracist beliefs (CB) stem from individual-level psychological mechanisms (i.e. uncertainty reduction). Using a survey that measured CB about the 9/11 attacks, (19 countries, N = 12,255, nationally representative samples) we demonstrate for the first time that nation-level cultural values (uncertainty avoidance, individualism; long-term orientation, Hofstede, 1984) also predict CB prevalence.
Social Cognition
