Is there anything good about conspiracy beliefs? Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories is associated with benefits to well-being

• Javier A. Granados Samayoa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Courtney A. Moore,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Benjamin C. Ruisch,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

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• Jesse T. Ladanyi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Russell H. Fazio

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fazio.11@osu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-8234

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