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SUMMARY:Conspiracy beliefs and interpersonal relationships - Daniel Toribi
 o Florez (University of Kent)
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CONTACT:Yara Kyrychenko
DESCRIPTION:Anecdotal reports in the media and on forums such as Reddit’
 s r/QAnonCasualties suggest that relationships can suffer when one person 
 in the relationship believes in conspiracy theories. People commonly repor
 t having “lost” a loved one who has fallen down a “rabbit hole” of
  false beliefs. However\, despite all the anecdotal evidence\, very little
  empirical research has examined the consequences of conspiracy theories f
 or people’s interpersonal relationships. In this talk\, we present three
  lines of research in which we address this issue. First\, we report the r
 esults of a qualitative study in which respondents described their broken 
 relationships with close others who believe in conspiracy theories. We nex
 t report a set of cross-sectional and experimental studies in which we fou
 nd that people perceived their existing relationships\, and anticipated th
 eir future relationships\, to be less satisfactory with conspiracy believe
 rs compared to conspiracy non-believers. Finally\, we report a set of expe
 rimental studies using fictitious dating profiles\, in which participants 
 reported a lower likelihood of starting new relationships with conspiracy 
 believers compared to conspiracy non-believers. Overall\, these findings s
 uggest that conspiracy beliefs can be detrimental for people’s interpers
 onal relationships. We highlight the need for further research on this top
 ic and discuss potential factors that could prevent relationships being er
 oded by conspiracy beliefs.
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology\, Downing
  Site\, Cambridge
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