Associations between schizotypy and belief in conspiracist ideation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-159

  Barron, David ^a   Morgan, Kevin ^a   Towell, Tony ^a   Altemeyer, Boris ^a   Swami, Viren ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Conspiracist ideation; Conspiracy theories; Magical thinking; Odd beliefs; Paranormal beliefs; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904904808     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.040     Document Type: Article

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