Traumatic Rift: How Conspiracy Beliefs Undermine Cohesion After Societal Trauma?

Traumatic Rift: How Conspiracy Beliefs Undermine Cohesion After Societal Trauma?

Collective traumas may often lead to deep societal divides and internal conflicts. In this article, we propose that conspiracy theories emerging in response to victimizing events may play a key role in the breakdown of social cohesion. We performed a nationally representative survey in Poland (N = 9...

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Main Authors: Michal Bilewicz, Marta Witkowska, Myrto Pantazi, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Olivier Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2019-02-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
Subjects:
victimhood
collective trauma
conspiracy beliefs
social distance
Smoleńsk
Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/1699

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http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/1699

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