Osobine ličnosti i navike korištenja društvenih mreža kao prediktori vjerovanja u teorije zavjere

master's thesis

• Title (english): Personality traits and habits of using social media as predictors of belief in conspiracy theories
• Author: Barbara Niemčić
• Mentor: Tena Vukasović Hlupić (mentor)
• Committee member: Meri Tadinac (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marina Martinčević (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; General Psychology

Abstract

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos sociodemografskih varijabli, osobina mračne trijade, osobina ličnosti Petfaktorskog modela i navika korištenja društvenih mreža s vjerovanjem u teorije zavjere. Ispitali smo imaju li navedeni prediktori inkrementalni doprinos u objašnjenju varijance kriterija kroz tri koraka hijerarhijske regresijske analize. Prvi korak sadržavao je sociodemografske podatke, drugi osobine ličnosti te treći navike korištenja društvenih mreža. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 219 sudionika dobnog raspona od 19 do 77 godina (M = 40.2). Sudionici su ispunjavali online upitnik demografskih podataka i navika korištenja društvenih mreža, BFI-10, kratki upitnik mračne trijade te Generičku skalu zavjereničkog mišljenja (GCBS). Rezultati su pokazali da prvi korak hijerarhijske regresijske analize objašnjava značajan postotak varijance vjerovanja u teorije zavjere (6%) te da mlađe osobe kao i osobe desne političke orijentacije imaju više rezultate na skali vjerovanja u teorije zavjere. Drugi korak nije dosegao statistički značajnu razinu u objašnjenu značajnog dodatnog udjela varijance kriterija (7%), iako je makijavelizam imao značajan samostalni doprinos: osobe visoko na makijavelizmu imaju i visoke rezultate na skali vjerovanja u teorije zavjere. U trećem koraku regresijske analize objašnjen je značajan dodatni dio varijance kriterija (4%) te se pokazalo da osobe ovisnije o mrežama imaju više rezultate na skali vjerovanja u teorije zavjere. U trećem koraku ukupan postotak objašnjene varijance kriterija iznosio je 17%, a značajni pozitivni prediktori bili su makijavelizam i ovisnost o društvenim mrežama.

Abstract (english)

The goal of this study was to test the relationship of sociodemographic variables, the Dark Triad, Five factor model and habits of using social networks with belief in conspiracy theories. We tested whether these variables had an incremental contribution to explaining the variance of the criterion, using three steps in hierarchical regression analysis. The first step included sociodemographic information, the second personality characheristics, and the third habits of using social media. The study was carried out on 219 participants, in the age range from 19 to 77 years (M = 40.2). The participants filled out an online questionnaire about their sociodemographic information and information about their social media habits, the BFI-10, the Short Dark Triad questionnaire and the Generic Conspiracist Belief Scale. The results showed that the first step explained a significant percentage of variance of the belief in conspiracies (6%), and that younger people and right-wing politically oriented had higher scores in belief in conspiracies. The second step did not explain an additional significant percentage of the criterion (7%), but Machiavellianism showed a significant independent contribution to explaining the variance of the criterion: participants high in Machiavellianism had higher scores on belief in conspiracies. The third step explained a significant additional percentage of the criterion variance (4%): participants who considered themselves addicted to social media showed higher scores of belief in conspiracies. In the third step, the total percentage of the explained criterion variance was 17%, and the significant predictors were Machiavellianism and addiction to social networks.

• Keywords: mračna trijada; Pet-faktorski model ličnosti; društvene mreže; teorije zavjere
• Keywords (english): Dark triad; Five factor model; social media; conspiracy theories
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:138301
• Study programme: Title: Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-09-26 14:14:51