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Status threat - the concern that outsiders will undermine your group's status - is associated with increased age, conservatism, conspiracy mentality, and paranoia, in study of 300 US adults

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Conspiracy mentality, subclinical paranoia, and political conservatism are associated with perceived status threat

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Status threat - the concern that outsiders will undermine your group's status - is associated with increased age, conservatism, conspiracy mentality, and paranoia, in study of 300 US adults

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0293930

Article Title: Conspiracy mentality, subclinical paranoia, and political conservatism are associated with perceived status threat

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.


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