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Title

Does Brooding Meaningfully Increase the Likelihood of Believing in a Conspiracy? A Registered Reportuse asterix (*) to get italics

Authors

Luisa Liekefett, Simone Sebben, Julia C. BeckerPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"

Year

2023

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Abstract

This project aims to investigate the relationship between rumination and conspiracy beliefs. It involves four pilot studies, including one observational and three experimental studies, but the results were inconclusive. We suggest that rumination needs to be further differentiated, with reflection and brooding as two distinct forms of rumination: Whereas for reflection no clear prediction can be made, brooding should contribute to the formation of conspiracy beliefs. This Registered Report will test the hypothesis that specifically brooding increases conspiracy beliefs by conducting a repeated-measures within-person experiment, where participants will be randomly assigned to brooding, reflection, or control conditions. We will use a sequential study design and employ both equivalence and minimum effect tests. This way, we ensure that the results will be informative regardless of the specific outcome while keeping the study resources efficient.

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Keywords

conspiracy beliefs, rumination, brooding, reflection

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Thematic fields

Humanities, Social sciences

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Submission date

2023-02-01 14:47:09

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Chris Chambers

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