Department of Psychology, New York University, United States.
Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Oct;47:101423. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101423. Epub 2022 Jul 15.
While conspiracy theories may offer benefits to those who believe in them, they can also foster intergroup conflict, threaten democracy, and undercut public health. We argue that the motivations behind conspiracy theory belief are often related to social identity. Conspiracy theories are well-positioned to fulfill social identity needs such as belongingness goals, the need to think highly of one's in-group, and the need to feel secure in one's group status. Understanding the social motives that attract people to conspiracy theories should be a focus of future research, and may be key to creating more successful interventions to reduce socially harmful conspiracy theories.
虽然阴谋论可能会给那些相信它们的人带来好处，但它们也会助长群体间的冲突、威胁民主、破坏公共卫生。我们认为，相信阴谋论的动机往往与社会认同有关。阴谋论能够很好地满足归属感目标、对自己群体的高度评价的需要以及对自己群体地位的安全感等社会认同需求。理解吸引人们相信阴谋论的社会动机应该是未来研究的重点，这可能是制定更成功的干预措施来减少有害的社会阴谋论的关键。
