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    Does the Association Between Illness-Related and Religious Searches on the Internet Depend on the Level of Religiosity?
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2020-07-02) Sinan Alper; Alper, Sinan
    Recent research suggested that illness-related search predicts religious search on Google. In the current research I aimed to replicate this finding and investigate whether such association depends on the existing level of religiosity. In Study 1 I reanalyze an existing data set on search behavior for 630 consecutive weeks and show that although illness-related search predicts religious search in 16 different countries this association does not depend on the religiosity level of the countries. The same finding was replicated in within-nation comparisons of the U.S. states (Study 2) and Turkish provinces (Study 3). In all studies during a period of 235 consecutive weeks illness-related search predicted religious search but the differences in religiosity among regions did not influence this association which arguably might not be consistent with the terror management theory. I argue that such a finding shows the necessity of considering all alternative theories when interpreting the effects of mortality salience.
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    There are higher levels of conspiracy beliefs in more corrupt countries
    (WILEY, 2022-11-08) Sinan Alper; Alper, Sinan
    In four studies I found evidence that people living in countries with higher levels of corruption have a greater tendency for conspiracy ideation. In Study 1 (21 countries N = 20207) participants living in more corrupt countries reported having higher COVID-19 and generic conspiracy beliefs. Study 2 (25 countries N = 4935) Study 3 (25 countries N = 24424) and Study 4 (24 countries N = 5973) replicated the same finding. Internal meta-analysis suggested that this association remained significant after adjusting for other relevant cross-country differences. Studies 1 and 2 but not 3 and 4 also showed that corruption moderated the association between individuals' gullibility (i.e. lack of education) and their conspiracy beliefs and this association was significant only in low-corruption countries. The findings suggest that country-level corruption breeds conspiracy beliefs and moderates the effect of individuals' gullibility on conspiracy beliefs.