An examination of the factorial and convergent validity of four measures of conspiracist ideation, with recommendations for researchers.

A number scales have been developed to measure conspiracist ideation, but little attention has been paid to the factorial validity of these scales. We reassessed the psychometric properties of four widely-used scales, namely the Belief in Conspiracy Theories Inventory (BCTI), the Conspiracy Mentalit...

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Main Authors: Viren Swami, David Barron, Laura Weis, Martin Voracek, Stefan Stieger, Adrian Furnham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5322923?pdf=render