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

William N. Koller; Honor Thompson; Tyrone D. Cannon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293930

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

William N. Koller ,

Contributed equally to this work with: William N. Koller, Honor Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: william.koller@yale.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-2847

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Honor Thompson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: William N. Koller, Honor Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Tyrone D. Cannon

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychology, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Conspiracy mentality, subclinical paranoia, and political conservatism are associated with perceived status threat

William N. Koller,
Honor Thompson,
Tyrone D. Cannon

Published: November 22, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293930

About the Authors

William N. Koller

Contributed equally to this work with: William N. Koller, Honor Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: william.koller@yale.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-2847

Honor Thompson

Contributed equally to this work with: William N. Koller, Honor Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Tyrone D. Cannon

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychology, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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