The present cross-sectional study (N_Participants = 397; N_Informants = 460) examined the association of both grandiose narcissism and vulnerable narcissism with conspiracy beliefs in the context of four theoretically-relevant mediators. Participants who were higher in grandiose narcissism and vulnerable narcissism were more likely to believe in conspiracy theories, seemingly because they were more likely to hold unusual beliefs. There was, likewise, some evidence to suggest that those high in vulnerable narcissism believe in conspiracy theories because they suffer from paranoia, whereas those high in grandiose narcissism believe in conspiracy theories because of a desire to be unique. Together, these results suggest that the conspiracist ideation seen among those high in grandiose narcissism and vulnerable narcissism is a consequence of features that are shared between and unique to each of the traits.

本横断面研究（N 个_参与者 = 397；N 个_线人  = 460）在四个理论上相关的调解人的背景下检查了夸大自恋和脆弱自恋与阴谋信念的关联。夸大自恋和脆弱自恋程度较高的参与者更有可能相信阴谋论，这似乎是因为他们更有可能持有不同寻常的信念。同样，有一些证据表明，脆弱自恋高的人相信阴谋论是因为他们患有偏执狂，而自恋高的人相信阴谋论是因为他们渴望与众不同。总之，这些结果表明，在宏伟的自恋和脆弱的自恋那些高之间看到的conspiracist意念是那些之间共享的特征的结果和  每个特征都是独一无二的。