Abstract

Research in the field of Resistance to Persuasion (RP) has demonstrated that inoculating individuals with counter arguments is effective for lowering their levels of adherence to conspiracist beliefs (CB). Yet, this strategy is limited because it requires specific arguments tailored against targeted conspiracist narratives. Therefore, we investigated whether priming Resistance to Persuasion would reduce individual adherence to CB among undergraduate student samples. A first study (N = 81) demonstrated that participants primed by filling a RP scale had lower CB scores than control participants. This effect was directly replicated twice (N = 205 and N = 265) and confirmed by a mini meta-analysis (N = 519; d = .20). Practical and theoretical implications are then discussed.

摘要

抗说服力（RP）领域的研究表明，给有反论点的人接种疫苗可有效降低他们对阴谋论信仰（CB）的坚持程度。但是，这种策略是有限的，因为它需要针对目标阴谋家的叙述量身定制的特定论点。因此，我们调查了启动抗说服力是否会降低本科生样本中个体对CB的依从性。一项第一项研究（N  = 81）表明，通过填写RP量表预备的参与者的CB得分低于对照组。直接复制两次（N  = 205和N  = 265），并通过微型荟萃分析（N  = 519；d = 0.20）。然后讨论实际和理论意义。