Stronger Conspiracy Beliefs Are Associated With a Stronger Tendency to Act Dishonestly and an Overestimation of Others' Dishonesty
| dc.contributor.author | Sinan Alper | |
| dc.contributor.author | Daniel Toribio-Florez | |
| dc.contributor.author | Valerio Capraro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Karen M. Douglas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Capraro, Valerio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Toribio-Flórez, Daniel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alper, Sinan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Douglas, Karen M. | |
| dc.date | NOV | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-06T16:22:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Conspiracy theories assert that others have engaged in dishonest actions. However existing research indicates that individuals who believe in conspiracy theories may themselves be more inclined to engage in dishonest behavior. We conducted two preregistered studies-one in Turkey (N = 706) and the other in Canada (N = 835) and South Africa (N = 867)-testing the hypotheses that conspiracy beliefs would be positively correlated with (a) dishonest behavior during a monetary incentivized lying task and (b) overestimating the prevalence of dishonesty among other people. Overall we found that stronger conspiracy beliefs were associated with higher dishonesty. Participants tended to overestimate dishonesty among their peers but this tendency was significantly more pronounced among people with stronger conspiracy beliefs. Contrary to our hypothesis country-level corruption did not moderate this association. These results shed light on the complex relationship between conspiracy beliefs dishonesty and expectations of dishonesty. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank the support of the European Research Council Advanced Grant “Consequences of conspiracy theories—CONSPIRACY_FX” (grant no. 101018262) in the preparation of this article. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Yasar University, (BAP 138); European Research Council, (101018262) | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The current research was funded by Yasar University, as a part of the project entitled as “Conspiracy Beliefs and Cooperation” (Project no: BAP 138). | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Yasar University [BAP 138]; European Research Council [101018262]; European Research Council (ERC) [101018262] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC) | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The current research was funded by Yasar University, as a part ofthe project entitled as ''Conspiracy Beliefs and Cooperation''(Project no: BAP 138).The authors thank the support of the European Research Council Advanced Grant ''Consequences of conspiracy theories-CONSPIRACY_FX'' (grant no. 101018262) in the preparation of this article | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/19485506241302878 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1948-5506 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1948-5514 | |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506241302878 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/7395 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241302878 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.publisher | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Social Psychological and Personality Science | |
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| dc.source | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE | |
| dc.subject | conspiracy, deception, dishonesty, lying | |
| dc.subject | TIME PRESSURE, DECEPTION, HONESTY | |
| dc.subject | Conspiracy | |
| dc.subject | Deception | |
| dc.subject | Dishonesty | |
| dc.subject | Lying | |
| dc.title | Stronger Conspiracy Beliefs Are Associated With a Stronger Tendency to Act Dishonestly and an Overestimation of Others' Dishonesty | |
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