College Students’ Conspiracy Beliefs, Political Attitudes, and Attitudes to COVID-19, the Insurrection at the US Capitol, and Black Lives Matters (BLM)

We examined the interrelations among conspiracy theories, political attitudes, and attitudes towards COVID-19. Undergraduates espousing conspiracy theories had laxer COVID-19 attitudes, lower vaccination rates, trusted the government and news media less, held more far-right views, and had more negative personality traits than did students lower in conspiracy beliefs.