Roels Sanne, Begeer Sander, Scheeren Anke M, van Prooijen Jan-Willem
Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Cogn Neuropsychiatry. 2024 Jul-Sep;29(4-5):228-241. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2024.2399505. Epub 2024 Sep 10.
Belief in conspiracy theories has emerged across times and cultures. While previous accounts attributed conspiracy beliefs to mental health conditions, accumulating research suggests that conspiracy theories are common among the general population. In the present study we examined whether conspiracy mentality - that is, a general predisposition to believe conspiracy theories - differed between a group of autistic adults and a general population sample.
This study included an autistic sample (= 682) and a general population sample ( = 4358). Participants' conspiracy mentality was measured using the Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire (CMQ).
A one-way ANCOVA (controlling for participants' age, gender, educational level, and ethnicity) revealed no difference in conspiracy mentality between an autism and a community sample.
The current study suggests that being autistic, or having more autistic traits, does not predict conspiracy mentality. These findings underscore that autism does not predispose people to conspiracy theories and suggest that autism is neither a risk factor for, nor a protective factor against, conspiracy mentality.
阴谋论信仰在不同时代和文化中都有出现。虽然先前的观点将阴谋论信仰归因于心理健康状况，但越来越多的研究表明，阴谋论在普通人群中很常见。在本研究中，我们调查了一组自闭症成年人与普通人群样本在阴谋心态（即相信阴谋论的一般倾向）上是否存在差异。
本研究包括一个自闭症样本（=682）和一个普通人群样本（=4358）。使用阴谋心态问卷（CMQ）测量参与者的阴谋心态。
单向协方差分析（控制参与者的年龄、性别、教育水平和种族）显示，自闭症样本和社区样本在阴谋心态上没有差异。
当前研究表明，患有自闭症或具有更多自闭症特征并不能预测阴谋心态。这些发现强调，自闭症不会使人们倾向于相信阴谋论，表明自闭症既不是阴谋心态的风险因素，也不是保护因素。
