Scarcity of Suffering: How Historical Victimhood Beliefs Shape Conspiracy Thinking via Cognitive Biases of Attribution, Intentionality and Memory
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Published online on May 14, 2026
Abstract
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Even decades after historical traumas, their scarcity shapes victimhood perceptions and beliefs about outgroups. In one correlational (N= 369) and one experimental (N= 510) study, we examined how exclusive versus inclusive victim beliefs predict ...
Even decades after historical traumas, their scarcity shapes victimhood perceptions and beliefs about outgroups. In one correlational (N= 369) and one experimental (N= 510) study, we examined how exclusive versus inclusive victim beliefs predict ...