Populist Attitudes and Conspiracy Beliefs: Exploring the Relation Between the Latent Structures of Populist Attitudes and Conspiracy Beliefs

Abstract: Despite the alleged affinity between populism and conspiracy theories, how they relate on the individual level remains relatively unknown. This study explores the relation between populist attitudes and conspiracy beliefs at the individual level. First, I test whether the conspiracist facets, which directly involve governmental participation, are associated with the dimensions of populist attitudes. Further, I examine the relation of political trust with the dimensions and facets of both constructs as well as their predictive power of the self-reported propensity to vote for a populist party. To test these assumptions, a cross-sectional study was conducted in Germany. Confirmatory factor analyses indicate a strong association between conspiracist facets that directly involve governmental participation and the anti-elitism and sovereignty dimensions of populist attitudes. Findings further show that low political trust is related to all dimensions of populist attitudes–especially ant.... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/7969

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: Populist Attitudes and Conspiracy Beliefs: Exploring the Relation Between the Latent Structures of Populist Attitudes and Conspiracy Beliefs ; volume:10 ; number:1 ; day:26 ; month:04 ; year:2022 ; Journal of social and political psychology ; 10, Heft 1 (26.04.2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Christner, Clara

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jspp.7969
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022051405141820738907
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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