Associations between belief in conspiracy theories and the maladaptive personality traits of the personality inventory for DSM-5

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 236, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-90

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Weis, Laura ^c   Lay, Alixe ^d   Barron, David ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conspiracy theories; Maladaptive traits; Personality disorders; Suspiciousness; Unusual beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONSPIRACY THEORY; DSM-5; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; THEORY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957442611     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.12.027     Document Type: Article

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