Tearing Apart the Social Fabric: How Do Conspiracy Beliefs, Tendency for Distinction and Distrust Relate to Political Engagement?
Tearing Apart the Social Fabric: How Do Conspiracy Beliefs, Tendency for Distinction and Distrust Relate to Political Engagement?
Matúš Grežo Patrik Havan Magdalena Adamus Eva Ballová Mikušková a Institute of Experimental Psychology of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakiab Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno-střed, Czech RepublicMatúš Grežo is a researcher at the Institute of Experimental Psychology of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences. His research focus includes social psychology, economic psychology, and cognitive psychology, with a particular interest in social polarization, trust in society, and the psychological mechanisms shaping public attitudes and intergroup relations.Patrik Havan is a researcher at the Institute of Experimental Psychology of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences. His primary research focuses on response styles, particularly acquiescence and social desirability. He also has experience in research of conspiracy beliefs.Magdalena Adamus is researcher at the Institute of Experimental Psychology of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on how subjective wellbeing, socio-economic status, and values are associated with the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs. She also investigates the decision-making process in areas including the labour market, pro-social and pro-environmental behaviour of disadvantaged people or those living in precarious conditions.Eva Ballová Mikušková is a researcher at the Institute of Experimental Psychology of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences. She focuses on the research of unfounded beliefs, especially conspiracy theories, as well as their antecedents and consequences in various domains.