Teorias da conspiração: signifi cados em contexto brasileiro

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Crenças, Signifi cado, Teorias

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O presente estudo teve como objetivo conhecer os signifi cados atribuídos às teorias da conspiração em amostra brasileira. Participaram 383 estudantes universitários (54,6% mulheres; Midade = 21,9) de uma instituição pública de João Pessoa, Paraíba, que responderam a perguntas demográfi cas e a duas questões abertas (O que você entende por teorias da conspiração? O que lhe vem à cabeça quando você pensa em teorias da conspiração?). A partir da análise de Classifi cação Hierárquica Descendente, identifi caram-se cinco classes: (1) teorias sem embasamento científi co, (2) manipulação de grupos secretos, (3) explicação da realidade social, (4) contestação de fatos sociais e (5) controle de informação. No geral, os signifi cados atribuídos às teorias da conspiração foram atrelados à explicação de acontecimentos da realidade social e à existência de grupos secretos que controlam eventos importantes. Tais resultados foram discutidos à luz de estudos sobre as teorias da conspiração em Psicologia, e revelaram congruência com a concepção que se construiu desse construto.

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2023-02-14

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REZENDE, A. T., SILVA, F. M. de S. M. da, RIBEIRO, M. G. C., LOURETO, G. D. L., SILVA NETA, O. F. da, & GOUVEIA, V. V. (2023). Teorias da conspiração: signifi cados em contexto brasileiro. Estudos De Psicologia, 36. Recuperado de https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/7420

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PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL E ORGANIZACIONAL