Jedinger Alexander
GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2021 Jun 17;12:658919. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.658919. eCollection 2021.
The proliferation of protectionist sentiments and policies has raised questions about the psychological sources of trade openness among the public. The current research investigated the effects of a previously neglected factor on attitudes toward international trade: conspiracy mentality. Conspiracy mentality describes the generalized belief that political and economic events are controlled by powerful malevolent forces acting in secret. Using data from a cross-sectional survey of German adults ( = 391), I hypothesized and found that conspiracy mentality is uniquely associated with the perceived threat posed by foreign trade and opposition to international trade. These findings suggest that individual differences in conspiracy mentality make an important contribution to understanding the fears associated with economic globalization.
保护主义情绪和政策的扩散引发了关于公众贸易开放心理根源的问题。当前的研究调查了一个先前被忽视的因素对国际贸易态度的影响：阴谋心态。阴谋心态描述的是一种普遍的信念，即政治和经济事件是由秘密行事的强大恶意势力控制的。利用对德国成年人（N = 391）进行的横断面调查数据，我进行了假设并发现，阴谋心态与对外贸易带来的感知威胁以及对国际贸易的反对有着独特的关联。这些发现表明，阴谋心态的个体差异对理解与经济全球化相关的恐惧做出了重要贡献。
