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    Reflective thinking predicts lower conspiracy beliefs: A meta-analysis
    (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2022) Busra Elif Yelbuz; Ecesu Madan; Sinan Alper; Alper, Sinan; Madan, Ecesu; Yelbuz, Büşra Elif
    One of the many established predictors of conspiracy beliefs is reflective thinking but no meta-analysis so far has examined this relationship. In the current meta-analysis of published and unpublished correlational data (145 samples 181 effect sizes) we found a significant negative association between reflective thinking and conspiracy beliefs with a medium-level effect size (r = -.189). Similar levels of correlations were found across different types of measures (self-report vs. performance-based) and conspiracy beliefs (generic vs. specific). Further no evidence suggested publication bias in this body of work. Suggestions for future research are discussed.