Why conspiracy theorists are not always paranoid: Conspiracy theories and paranoia form separate factors with distinct psychological predictors

• Azzam Alsuhibani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3211-4013

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• Mark Shevlin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Ulster, Ulster, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6262-5223

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• Daniel Freeman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Bryony Sheaves,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Richard P. Bentall

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

  * E-mail: r.bentall@sheffield.ac.uk

  Affiliation Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7561-2923

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