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Free from conspiracies: The negative relationship between societal freedom and belief in generic and content-specific conspiracy theories

2025-09-27

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<p>Through five studies, this research examined how objectively measured societal freedom and individual perceptions of it are related to reduced belief in conspiracy theories. Study 1 (N = 6,353 participants from 36 countries) examined the negative relationship between societal freedom (as measured by the Human Freedom Index) and generic conspiracy beliefs. Study 2 (N = 44,458 participants from 52 countries) focu...

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10.31234/osf.io/dejf7_v2
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