Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.
Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Oct;47:101389. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101389. Epub 2022 Jun 19.
We review recent research on the well-established relationship between sense of control and conspiracy perceptions, identifying challenges and promising new directions. First, we examine recent efforts to distinguish sense of control from adjacent but confounding psychological constructs (including uncertainty, threat, and powerlessness). Second, we discuss the limitations of experimentally manipulating sense of control and the trend toward natural experiments. Finally, we consider boundary conditions that moderate the relationship and clarify the types of conspiracy perceptions that sense of control predicts. By integrating past findings to more precisely define sense of control and its effects on cognition, we hope to identify productive avenues for future research.
我们回顾了最近关于控制感与阴谋认知之间既定关系的研究，确定了挑战和有前途的新方向。首先，我们考察了最近区分控制感与相邻但混淆的心理结构（包括不确定性、威胁和无力感）的努力。其次，我们讨论了操纵控制感的实验的局限性以及自然实验的趋势。最后，我们考虑了调节这种关系的边界条件，并澄清了控制感预测的那种阴谋认知。通过整合过去的研究结果，更准确地定义控制感及其对认知的影响，我们希望为未来的研究确定富有成效的途径。
