Suspicion of institutions: How distrust and conspiracy theories deteriorate social relationships
Author contributions
Jan-Willem van Prooijen helped in conceptualization and writing—original draft; Giuliana Spadaro helped in conceptualization and writing—review & editing; and Haiyan Wang helped in writing—review & editing and Visualization.
Conflict of interest statement
Nothing declared.
References
This document contains a list of references related to the scientific study of conspiracy theories. Each reference is followed by a short summary of its findings:
- 1: Extensive interdisciplinary overview of the scientific study of conspiracy theories.
- 2-11: Additional references related to the scientific study of conspiracy theories.
- 12: This article shows that institutional trust promotes interpersonal trust beliefs and behaviors, through feelings of security.
- 13-25: Additional references related to trust and conspiracy theories.
- 26-29: Additional references related to the relationship between belief in conspiracy theories and trust.
- 30-51: Additional references related to trust in political institutions and populist attitudes.
- 52-54: Additional references related to conspiracy theories and antisocial behavior.
- 55: This article shows that conspiracy theories stimulate antisocial behavior, notably a willingness to engage in minor forms of crime.
- 56-58: Additional references related to conspiracy theories and crime.
- 59: This review paper underscores that unfair institutional authorities increase radicalization.