Staffordshire University, UK.
University of Kent, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2019 Jul;58(3):534-549. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12311. Epub 2019 Jan 19.
Belief in conspiracy theories is associated with negative outcomes such as political disengagement, prejudice, and environmental inaction. The current studies - one cross-sectional (N = 253) and one experimental (N = 120) - tested the hypothesis that belief in conspiracy theories would increase intentions to engage in everyday crime. Study 1 demonstrated that belief in conspiracy theories predicted everyday crime behaviours when controlling for other known predictors of everyday crime (e.g., Honesty-Humility). Study 2 demonstrated that exposure to conspiracy theories (vs. control) increased intentions to engage in everyday crime in the future, through an increased feeling of anomie. The perception that others have conspired may therefore in some contexts lead to negative action rather than inaction.
相信阴谋论与负面结果有关，例如政治参与度降低、偏见和对环境不作为。当前的研究——一项横断面研究（N=253）和一项实验研究（N=120）——检验了这样一个假设，即相信阴谋论会增加人们从事日常犯罪的意图。研究 1 表明，在控制其他已知的日常犯罪预测因素（例如，诚实-谦逊）后，相信阴谋论可以预测日常犯罪行为。研究 2 表明，通过增加一种反常感，接触阴谋论（与对照组相比）会增加未来从事日常犯罪的意图。因此，在某些情况下，认为他人有阴谋可能会导致负面行动而不是不作为。
