Lay Attributions of Conspiracy Beliefs Predict Intentions to Correct Conspiracy Believers
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on February 19, 2026
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
What do laypeople think causes conspiracy beliefs? In six correlational studies (N= 2,024) and a qualitative study (N= 190), we examined laypeople’s attributions of others’ conspiracy beliefs and how these attributions predict their intentions to ...
What do laypeople think causes conspiracy beliefs? In six correlational studies (N= 2,024) and a qualitative study (N= 190), we examined laypeople’s attributions of others’ conspiracy beliefs and how these attributions predict their intentions to ...