How paranoid are conspiracy believers? Toward a more fine-grained understanding of the connect and disconnect between paranoia and belief in conspiracy theories

@article{Imhoff2018HowPA,  title={How paranoid are conspiracy believers? Toward a more fine-grained understanding of the connect and disconnect between paranoia and belief in conspiracy theories},  author={Roland Imhoff and Pia Lamberty},  journal={European Journal of Social Psychology},  year={2018},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:150284134}}

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