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Defending or defying democracy? Investigating the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and support for democratic principles [registered report - stage I]
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9007834 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tisa Bertlich (0000-0002-9696-9646, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, corresponding author), Felicitas Flade (0000-0002-4945-0382, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Roland Imhoff (0000-0003-0807-463X, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Pages | 104909-104909 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1031 • E-ISSN: 1096-0465 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jesp.2026.104909 |
| OpenAlex | W7139979153 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 66 |
Democracy · Distrust · Exploratory analysis · Motivated reasoning · Power (physics · Style (visual arts · Test (biology · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Media and Politics
The Psychological Underpinnings of Democracy
Tearing apart the “evil” twins
On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit
An examination of the factorial and convergent validity of four measures of conspiracist ideation, with recommendations for researchers
Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition
Both a bioweapon and a hoax
Overconfidently Conspiratorial
Conspiracy beliefs in Britain and North Macedonia
Of tinfoil hats and thinking caps
Resolving the Puzzle of Conspiracy Worldview and Political Activism
“Just Because It’s a Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Out to Get You”
The Influence of Control on Belief in Conspiracy Theories
Lazy, not biased
Unanswered questions
Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories
Why Education Predicts Decreased Belief in Conspiracy Theories
Dead and Alive
Who falls for fake news? The roles of bullshit receptivity, overclaiming, familiarity, and analytic thinking
What drives citizens’ evaluation of democratic performance? The interaction of citizens’ democratic knowledge and institutional level of democracy
Reasons to believe
The fascist authoritarian model of illiberal democracy
Covid-19 conspiracy belief and conceptions of democracy
Anything but Representative Democracy
The partisan contours of conspiracy theory beliefs
Too special to be duped
A power‐challenging theory of society, or a conservative mindset? Upward and downward conspiracy theories as ideologically distinct beliefs
Is democracy under threat? Why belief in conspiracy theories predicts autocratic attitudes
Examining Conspiracist Beliefs About the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Inconsistent yet unyielding
Political tolerance in Europe
Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust
Power to the People
Do I Think BLS Data are BS? The Consequences of Conspiracy Theories
Belief in conspiracy theories and attitudes toward political violence
Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy
Democracy and belief in conspiracy theories in New Zealand
Hippies Next to Right-Wing Extremists
Conspiracist ideation in Britain and Austria
Conspiracy Beliefs and Violent Extremist Intentions
Cognitive Reflection and Decision Making
Psychometric Properties of Rational-Experiential Inventory for Adolescents
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |