Ana Stojanov
Ana Stojanov appears on this site as first author of the 2020 European Journal of Social Psychology meta-analysis on lack of control and conspiracy beliefs.
Who they are
The work of Ana Stojanov reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Compensatory Control, Conspiracy Belief.
Key papers
Stojanov, A., & Halberstadt, J. (2020). Does lack of control lead to conspiracy beliefs? A meta-analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(5), 955-968. What it reports: A meta-analysis of published and unpublished studies that lowered a sense of control and then measured conspiracy belief. The overall effect was very small and could not be told apart from zero, giving limited support to the compensatory control idea.
Key ideas
Compensatory Control: The idea that a lowered sense of control pushes people toward sources of order such as patterns, superstitions or explanations with an author.
Conspiracy Belief: Acceptance of an explanation in which a hidden group is responsible for events; researchers describe epistemic, existential and social motives behind it.
Sources
- Stojanov, A., & Halberstadt, J. (2020). Does lack of control lead to conspiracy beliefs? A meta-analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(5), 955-968.