Leone Luigi, Giacomantonio Mauro, Lauriola Marco
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Int J Psychol. 2019 Apr;54(2):197-204. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12459. Epub 2017 Sep 5.
In the present research, we examined whether individual differences in basic moral concerns might be related to a greater endorsement of conspiracy theories. Building on the notion that conspiracy theories often deal with super-individual relevant events in which a group perspective is central, we proposed that individual differences in moral concerns pertaining to group- and community-concerns (i.e., binding moral foundations) rather than to individual well-being (i.e., individualising moral foundations) would be positively associated with conspiracy beliefs. We further hypothesised that such relations would be totally mediated by beliefs in a dangerous world and by embracing moral absolutism. We found support for these predictions in two community samples (Ns: 319; 514). Theoretical implications were discussed.
在本研究中，我们考察了基本道德关切方面的个体差异是否可能与对阴谋论的更多认同有关。基于阴谋论通常涉及以群体视角为核心的超个体相关事件这一观点，我们提出，与群体和社区关切相关的道德关切（即约束性道德基础）而非与个体福祉相关的道德关切（即个体化道德基础）方面的个体差异，将与阴谋信念呈正相关。我们进一步假设，这种关系将完全由对危险世界的信念和接受道德绝对主义来介导。我们在两个社区样本（样本量分别为319和514）中为这些预测找到了支持。讨论了理论意义。
