Conspiratorial Beliefs

This line of research examines why people endorse conspiracy beliefs, how uncertainty and lack of control shape social judgment, and how these beliefs influence trust, leadership, and public health behavior.

  • Conspiratorial beliefs & reduced vaccine acceptance: Understanding the role of perspective-taking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (2025). [PDF] [Article]

  • The role of interdependent self-construal in mitigating the effect of conspiratorial beliefs on vaccine acceptance. British Journal of Social Psychology (2025). [PDF] [Article]

  • Support for leaders who use conspiratorial rhetoric: The role of personal control and political identity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2023). [PDF] [Article]  

  • Mitigating and managing COVID-19 conspiratorial beliefs. BMJ Leader (2022). [PDF] [Article]

  • Sense of control and conspiracy perceptions: Generative directions on a well-worn path. Current Opinion in Psychology (2022). [PDF] [Article]

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and the search for structure: Social media and conspiracy theories. Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2021). [PDF] [Article]

  • How to inoculate your team against conspiracy theories. Harvard Business Review (2020). [PDF] [Article]

  • Regulatory focus and conspiratorial perceptions: The importance of personal control. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2019). [PDF] [Article]

  • Culture, control, and pattern perception. Social Psychological and Personality Science (2012). [PDF] [Article]