People do change their beliefs about conspiracy theories-but not often.

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume14
dc.contributor.authorWilliams MN
dc.contributor.authorLing M
dc.contributor.authorKerr JR
dc.contributor.authorHill SR
dc.contributor.authorMarques MD
dc.contributor.authorMawson H
dc.contributor.authorClarke EJR
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T01:28:09Z
dc.date.available2024-06-21T01:28:09Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-15
dc.description.abstractRecent research has produced a significant body of knowledge about the antecedents and consequences of individual differences in belief in conspiracy theories. What is less clear, however, is the extent to which individuals' beliefs in conspiracy theories vary over time (i.e., within-person variation). In this descriptive and exploratory study, we therefore aimed to describe within-person variability in belief in conspiracy theories. We collected data from 498 Australians and New Zealanders using an online longitudinal survey, with data collected at monthly intervals over 6 months (March to September 2021). Our measure of conspiracy theories included items describing ten conspiracy theories with responses on a 5-point Likert scale. While there was substantial between-person variance, there was much less within-person variance (intraclass r = 0.91). This suggests that beliefs in conspiracy theories were highly stable in our sample. This stability implies that longitudinal studies testing hypotheses about the causes and consequences of belief in conspiracy theories may require large samples of participants and time points to achieve adequate power. It also implies that explanations of belief in conspiracy theories need to accommodate the observation that beliefs in such theories vary much more between people than within people.
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dc.edition.edition2024
dc.format.pagination3836-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38360799
dc.identifier.citationWilliams MN, Ling M, Kerr JR, Hill SR, Marques MD, Mawson H, Clarke EJR. (2024). People do change their beliefs about conspiracy theories-but not often.. Sci Rep. 14. 1. (pp. 3836-).
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-024-51653-z
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.number3836
dc.identifier.pii10.1038/s41598-024-51653-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69957
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Nature Limited
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-51653-z#
dc.relation.isPartOfSci Rep
dc.rights(c) 2024 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectIndividuality
dc.subjectPolitics
dc.subjectAustralasian People
dc.titlePeople do change their beliefs about conspiracy theories-but not often.
dc.typeJournal article
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