Previous research has indicated that social class is likely to be an important factor that influences individuals’ beliefs in conspiracy theories; however, the underlying psychological mechanisms between these two variables remain unclear. This study directly investigated the relationship between these two variables through questionnaires and experimental manipulation, and introduced the perspective of compensatory control theory to investigate the serial mediating role of perceived control and need for structure in the process of social class influencing individuals’ belief in conspiracy theories. The results showed that social class can significantly negatively predict individuals’ belief in conspiracy theories, and perceived control and need for structure played a serial mediating role between them. To some extent, these results reveal the psychological mechanism that causes the higher likelihood of people from lower social classes to believe in conspiracy theories, and advances the explanation from the compensatory control theory.

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下层社会人士更容易受到阴谋论的影响吗？补偿控制理论的解释

先前的研究表明，社会阶级很可能是影响个人对阴谋理论信念的重要因素。然而，这两个变量之间的潜在心理机制仍然不清楚。本研究通过问卷调查和实验操作直接调查了这两个变量之间的关系，并介绍了补偿控制理论的观点，以研究在社会阶层影响个人对阴谋论信念的过程中感知控制和结构需求的系列中介作用。 。结果表明，社会阶层可以极大地否定个人对阴谋理论的信念，而感知控制和对结构的需求在他们之间起着一系列的中介作用。在某种程度上，