Karen M. Douglas

1. Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
   2025/01/20 by Viktoria Cologna, Niels G. Mede, Sebastian Berger +97 · 12 voices · 61 citations
   Social Sciences · #Climate Change Communication and Perception #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Risk Perception and Management
2. Understanding Conspiracy Theories
   2019/02/01 by Karen M. Douglas, Joseph E. Uscinski, Robbie M. Sutton +5 · 33 citations
   Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection #Media Influence and Politics #Misinformation and Its Impacts
3. Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging research domain
   2018/08/03 by Jan‐Willem van Prooijen, Karen M. Douglas · 21 citations
   Social Sciences · Neuroscience · #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
4. The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
   2017/12/01 by Karen M. Douglas, Robbie M. Sutton, Aleksandra Cichocka · 18 citations
   Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Social Sciences · #Media Influence and Health #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
5. Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
   2020/04/30 by Jay J. Van Bavel, Jay Joseph Van Bavel, Katherine Baicker +44 · 37 citations
   Psychology · #Behavioral Health and Interventions #COVID-19 and Mental Health #Cultural Differences and Values
6. The social consequences of conspiracism: Exposure to conspiracy theories decreases intentions to engage in politics and to reduce one's carbon footprint
   2013/01/04 by Daniel Jolley, Karen M. Douglas · 23 citations
   Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Social Media and Politics #Media Influence and Health
7. The effects of “phubbing” on social interaction
   2018/03/25 by Varoth Chotpitayasunondh, Karen M. Douglas · 33 citations
   Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Media Influence and Health #Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion #Impact of Technology on Adolescents
8. Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries
   2022/01/17 by Roland Imhoff, Felix Zimmer, Olivier Klein +48 · 1 voice · 13 citations
   Social Sciences · #Media Influence and Politics #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Social Media and Politics
9. Does it take one to know one? Endorsement of conspiracy theories is influenced by personal willingness to conspire
   2011/04/12 by Karen M. Douglas, Robbie M. Sutton · 1 voice · 6 citations
   Computer Science · Neuroscience · Social Sciences · #Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
10. Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity
    2020/12/05 by Jaïs Adam‐Troian, Pascal Wagner‐Egger, Matt Motyl +38 · 1 voice · 2 citations
    Social Sciences · Neuroscience · #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Media Influence and Politics
11. Blaming a Few Bad Apples to Save a Threatened Barrel: The System‐Justifying Function of Conspiracy Theories
    2017/02/18 by Daniel Jolley, Karen M. Douglas, Robbie M. Sutton · 5 citations
    Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Social Media and Politics
12. From bad to worse: Avoidance coping with stress increases conspiracy beliefs
    2021/08/31 by Marta Marchlewska, Ricky Green, Aleksandra Cichocka +2 · 1 voice · 2 citations
    Social Sciences · Psychology · #Misinformation and Its Impacts #COVID-19 and Mental Health #Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
13. Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Validation of a French and English Single-Item Scale
    2016/02/04 by Anthony Lantian, Dominique Muller, Cécile Nurra +1 · 1 citation
14. Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset
    2025/01/20 by Niels G. Mede, Viktoria Cologna, Sebastian Berger +97 · 3 voices · 2 citations
    Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Climate Change Communication and Perception #Environmental Education and Sustainability #Media Studies and Communication
15. Measuring adolescents’ beliefs in conspiracy theories: Development and validation of the Adolescent Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire (ACBQ)
    2021/02/08 by Daniel Jolley, Karen M. Douglas, Yvonne Skipper +2 · 2 citations
    Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Media Influence and Health #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
16. Victims of Conspiracies? An Examination of the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Dispositional Individual Victimhood
    2025/07/17 by Daniel Toribio‐Flórez, Marlene Sophie Altenmüller, Karen M. Douglas +64 · 3 voices · 1 citation
    Social Sciences · Computer Science · Neuroscience · #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
17. The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Highlighting Core Concepts and Potential Extensions
    2024/10/01 by Lotte Pummerer, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Karen M. Douglas +2 · 1 citation