‘Where there are villains, there will be heroes’: Belief in conspiracy theories as an existential tool to fulfill need for meaning
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- 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111900
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- 2023-01
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- Personality and Individual Differences
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- Elsevier BV
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.paid.2022.111900,
title = {‘Where there are villains, there will be heroes’: Belief in conspiracy theories as an existential tool to fulfill need for meaning},
author = {Céline Schöpfer and Angela Gaia F. Abatista and Joffrey Fuhrer and Florian Cova},
year = {2023},
journal = {Personality and Individual Differences},
doi = {10.1016/j.paid.2022.111900},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111900}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - ‘Where there are villains, there will be heroes’: Belief in conspiracy theories as an existential tool to fulfill need for meaning AU - Céline Schöpfer AU - Angela Gaia F. Abatista AU - Joffrey Fuhrer AU - Florian Cova PY - 2023 JO - Personality and Individual Differences DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111900 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111900 ER -
APA
Schöpfer, C., Abatista, A. G. F., Fuhrer, J., & Cova, F. (2023). ‘Where there are villains, there will be heroes’: Belief in conspiracy theories as an existential tool to fulfill need for meaning. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111900
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