Unanswered questions: A preliminary investigation of personality and individual difference predictors of 9/11 conspiracist beliefs

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 749-761

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^c   Furnham, Adrian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; POWERLESSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELIGION; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TERRORISM;

EID: 78149310074     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1583     Document Type: Article

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