van Prooijen Jan-Willem
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology VU Amsterdam/The NSCR Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Appl Cogn Psychol. 2017 Jan-Feb;31(1):50-58. doi: 10.1002/acp.3301. Epub 2016 Nov 28.
People with high education are less likely than people with low education to believe in conspiracy theories. It is yet unclear why these effects occur, however, as education predicts a range of cognitive, emotional, and social outcomes. The present research sought to identify mediators of the relationship between education and conspiracy beliefs. Results of Study 1 revealed three independent mediators of this relationship, namely, belief in simple solutions for complex problems, feelings of powerlessness, and subjective social class. A nationally representative sample (Study 2) replicated these findings except for subjective social class. Moreover, variations in analytic thinking statistically accounted for the path through belief in simple solutions. I conclude that the relationship between education and conspiracy beliefs cannot be reduced to a single mechanism but is the result of the complex interplay of multiple psychological factors that are associated with education. © 2016 The Authors. published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
与低学历者相比，高学历者更不容易相信阴谋论。然而，目前尚不清楚为何会出现这些影响，因为教育预示着一系列认知、情感和社会结果。本研究旨在确定教育与阴谋论信念之间关系的中介因素。研究1的结果揭示了这种关系的三个独立中介因素，即相信复杂问题有简单解决方案、无力感和主观社会阶层。一个具有全国代表性的样本（研究2）重复了这些发现，但主观社会阶层除外。此外，分析性思维的差异在统计学上解释了通过相信简单解决方案的路径。我得出结论，教育与阴谋论信念之间的关系不能归结为单一机制，而是与教育相关的多种心理因素复杂相互作用的结果。© 2016作者。由约翰·威利父子有限公司出版
