La Relación entre la Mentalidad Conspirativa y los Rasgos Narcisistas
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https://doi.org/10.37226/rcp.v8i1.8101Palabras clave:
ideación conspirativa, mentalidad conspirativa, rasgos narcisistas, teorías de conspiraciónResumen
El auge de las teorías conspirativas ha generado interés en estudiar sus factores, necesidades y perfiles psicológicos asociados, crucial para desarrollar estrategias efectivas que contrarresten su propagación y preserven la integridad de la información en un contexto donde estas teorías representan una amenaza para la salud pública y los procesos electorales. El propósito de este estudio fue establecer si existe una correlación entre la ideación conspirativa/la mentalidad conspirativa ―la predisposición a creer, buscar y explicar la realidad con teorías conspirativas― y el narcisismo; y si la presencia de una mentalidad conspirativa podría predecir rasgos narcisistas. 143 participantes fueron reclutados a través de redes sociales y admitidos si eran mayores de edad residentes en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana durante los últimos cinco años. Correlacionamos las subescalas de la Escala Genérica de Creencias Conspirativas y del Inventario de Personalidad Narcisista y realizamos una regresión lineal. Observamos una relación pequeña y significativa entre algunas facetas del narcisismo y el factor de encubrimiento extraterrestre. También se encontró una correlación pequeña y significativa entre el exhibicionismo y el factor de corrupción gubernamental. Los resultados de la regresión lineal sugieren que cambios en la mentalidad conspirativa podrían llevar a cambios correspondientes en los rasgos narcisistas. Las correlaciones débiles podrían indicar que la mentalidad conspirativa se relaciona con el narcisismo pero que este último es explicado por otras variables no abordadas en este estudio. Estos resultados pueden entenderse en el contexto de las necesidades narcisistas que son satisfechas, en parte, por las teorías conspirativas.
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