Greenburgh, Anna;
Raihani, Nichola J;
(2022)
Paranoia and conspiracy thinking.
Current Opinion in Psychology
, Article 101362. 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101362.
(In press).
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Abstract
Paranoia and conspiracy thinking share many risk factors, such as victimization, poverty and social isolation. They also have many phenomenological features in common, including heightened tendency to attribute negative outcomes to malevolent agents and idiosyncratic pattern detection. Nevertheless, paranoia and conspiracy thinking also differ in key respects. Specifically, paranoid thoughts tend to be held in isolation and involve perceptions of harm to the self. Conspiracy beliefs, on the other hand, are shared by others and involve the perception of collective rather than personal harm. We discuss the similarities and differences between paranoia and conspiracy thinking and outline fruitful avenues for future research.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Paranoia and conspiracy thinking |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101362 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101362 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. Under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10149951 |
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