Greenburgh A G, Liefgreen A, Bell V, Raihani N
Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Healthy Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Jan 26;9(1):211555. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211555. eCollection 2022 Jan.
Paranoia and conspiracy thinking are known to be distinct but correlated constructs, but it is unknown whether certain types of conspiracy thinking are more common in paranoia than others. In a large ( = 1000), pre-registered online study we tested if endorsement of items on a new Components of Conspiracy Ideation Questionnaire varied according to whether harm was described as being (a) intentional and (b) self-referential. Our predictions were supported: paranoia was positively associated with endorsement of items on this questionnaire overall and more paranoid individuals were more likely to endorse items describing intentional and self-referential harm. Belief in any item on the Components of Conspiracy Ideation Questionnaire was associated with belief in others and items describing incidental harm and harm to others were found to be more believable overall. Individuals who endorsed conspiracy theory items on the questionnaire were more likely to state that people similar to them would as well, although this effect was not reduced in paranoia, counter to our expectations.
偏执和阴谋思维是已知的不同但相关的概念，但尚不清楚某些类型的阴谋思维在偏执中是否比其他类型更为常见。在一项大规模（N = 1000）的预先注册的在线研究中，我们测试了新的阴谋观念问卷各项目的认可度是否因伤害被描述为（a）故意的和（b）自我参照的而有所不同。我们的预测得到了支持：偏执总体上与该问卷项目的认可度呈正相关，且偏执程度更高的个体更有可能认可描述故意和自我参照伤害的项目。阴谋观念问卷上任何一个项目的信念都与对其他项目的信念相关，并且发现描述附带伤害和对他人伤害的项目总体上更可信。在问卷上认可阴谋论项目的个体更有可能表示与他们相似的人也会这样，尽管与我们的预期相反，这种效应在偏执中并未减弱。
