Greenburgh Anna, Raihani Nichola J
Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP, UK.
Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP, UK.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Oct;47:101362. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101362. Epub 2022 May 28.
Paranoia and conspiracy thinking share many risk factors, such as victimization, poverty and social isolation. They also have many phenomenological features in common, including heightened tendency to attribute negative outcomes to malevolent agents and idiosyncratic pattern detection. Nevertheless, paranoia and conspiracy thinking also differ in key respects. Specifically, paranoid thoughts tend to be held in isolation and involve perceptions of harm to the self. Conspiracy beliefs, on the other hand, are shared by others and involve the perception of collective rather than personal harm. We discuss the similarities and differences between paranoia and conspiracy thinking and outline fruitful avenues for future research.
偏执狂和阴谋论思维有许多共同的风险因素，如受害经历、贫困和社会孤立。它们也有许多共同的现象学特征，包括将负面结果归因于恶意行为者的倾向增加以及特质模式检测。然而，偏执狂和阴谋论思维在关键方面也存在差异。具体而言，偏执狂的想法往往是孤立存在的，且涉及对自身的伤害感知。另一方面，阴谋论信念是由他人共享的，且涉及对集体而非个人伤害的感知。我们讨论了偏执狂和阴谋论思维之间的异同，并概述了未来研究的富有成效的途径。
