Conspiracy thinking and state-trait anxiety in young Polish adults

Psychol Rep. 2007 Feb;100(1):199-202. doi: 10.2466/pr0.100.1.199-202.

Abstract

The relationships among conspiracy thinking and state and trait anxiety were examined with 118 high school students who were assessed using the Conspiracy Beliefs Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Among boys there was a positive correlation between scores on A-Trait and the conspiracy thinking (r = .39) whereas among girls there was a negative correlation between these scores (r = -.32).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anxiety / diagnosis
  • Anxiety / ethnology*
  • Anxiety / psychology*
  • Attitude / ethnology*
  • Confidentiality*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Students / psychology
  • Students / statistics & numerical data
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Thinking*