The impact of economic inequality on conspiracy beliefs

Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador; Suitner, Caterina; Jetten, Jolanda

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104245

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“…None of the indicators significantly moderated the effects. Whereas it is possible that macro-level factors influence a population’s average endorsement of conspiracy theories [ 14 , 15 ], they may not determine whether such beliefs translate into prevention responses. Although the absence of moderation in itself is not enough to rule it out, it may suggest that conspiracy beliefs, once disseminated in a population, may negatively influence prevention irrespective of factors that would otherwise make societies resilient to misinformation.…”

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The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis

Bierwiaczonek

Gundersen

Kunst

2022

Current Opinion in Psychology

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The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis

Bierwiaczonek

Gundersen

Kunst

2022

Current Opinion in Psychology

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“…Another key finding and implication of our final model was that increased belief in COVID-19 scepticism was associated with being unvaccinated. These findings suggest the importance of actively combatting vaccine related scepticism that may lend itself to conspiracy theories during a pandemic (see Lazić & Žeželj, 2021, for a review of narrative vaccination interventions), given that belief in conspiracy theories are associated with socially (e.g., van Prooijen et al, 2018), economically (e.g., Salvador Casara et al, 2022), and politically marginalised groups (e.g., Uscinski & Parent, 2014). It is a wicked problem since the fundamental needs associated with belief in conspiracy theories are also those likely to be brought about during a global pandemic-the need for certainty, safety, and belonging (Douglas et al, 2017).…”

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Psychological predictors of COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand

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Sibley²,

Wilson³

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Is it possible to predict COVID-19 vaccination status prior to the existence and availability of COVID-19 vaccines? Here, we present a logistic model by regressing decisions to vaccinate in late 2021 on lagged sociodemographic, health, social, and political indicators from 2019 in a sample of New Zealand adults aged between 18 and 94 (Mage = 52.92, SD = 14.10; 62.21% women; N = 5324). We explain 31% of the variance in decision making across New Zealand. Significant predictors of being unvaccinated were being younger, more deprived, reporting less satisfaction with general practitioners, lower levels of neuroticism, greater levels of subjective health and meaning in life, higher distrust in science and in the police, lower satisfaction in the government, as well as political conservatism. Additional cross-sectional models specified using the same, and additional COVID-19-specific factors are also presented. These findings reveal that vaccination decisions are neither artefacts of context nor chance, but rather can be predicted in advance of the availability of vaccines.

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“…Recent work points to another important aspect of the discourse that accompanied economic inequality: conspiracy theorizing. In particular, there is evidence that the rise in economic inequality has been accompanied by a rise in the prevalence of conspiracy theory narratives (e.g., Casara, Suitner, & Jetten, 2022; Jetten et al, 2022). There is evidence that these narratives can be social impactful.…”

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How living in economically unequal societies shapes our minds and our social lives

Peters

Jetten

2023

British J of Psychology

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In recent decades, the economies of many countries have produced increasingly unequal outcomes for the rich and poor. This economic trend has attracted interest from members of the media, public and political classes as well as researchers who are interested in its societal implications. While this research has traditionally been the purview of economists and sociologists, there has been a burgeoning growth in research that has sought to understand the psychology of economic inequality. In this review, we summarize this work, focusing on two major themes: (1) how people perceive the scale of economic inequality and appraise its significance, and (2) how living in an economically unequal environment shapes people's social lives. Together, this work affirms claims that economic inequality is 'the defining issue of our time' (Obama, 2013) with a great deal of destructive potential. We identify important questions that await further research attention.

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The impact of economic inequality on conspiracy beliefs

Cited by 65 publications

References 74 publications

The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis

The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis

Psychological predictors of COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand

How living in economically unequal societies shapes our minds and our social lives

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