Belief in conspiracy theories. The role of paranormal belief, paranoid ideation and schizotypy

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1289-1293

  Darwin, Hannah ^a   Neave, Nick ^a   Holmes, Joni ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conspiracy belief; Paranoid ideation; Paranormal belief; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953164778     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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