A tidal wave of research has tried to uncover the motivational and personological correlates of conspiratorial ideation, often studying these two classes of correlates in parallel. Here, we synthesize this vast and piecemeal literature through a multilevel meta-analytic review that spanned 170 studies, 257 samples, 52 variables, 1,429 effect sizes, and 158,473 participants. Overall, we found that the strongest correlates of conspiratorial ideation pertained to (a) perceiving danger and threat, (b) relying on intuition and having odd beliefs and experiences, and (c) being antagonistic and acting superior. Considerable heterogeneity was found within these relations--especially when individual variables were lumped together under a single domain--and we identified potential boundary conditions in these relations (e.g., type of conspiracy). Given that the psychological correlates of conspiratorial ideation have often been classified as belonging to one of two broad domains-motivation or personality-we aim to understand the implications of such heterogeneity for frameworks of conspiratorial ideation. We conclude with directions for future research that can lead to a unified account of conspiratorial ideation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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阴谋思想：动机和人格相关性的元分析回顾。

一股研究浪潮试图揭示阴谋观念的动机和人格关联，通常同时研究这两类关联。在这里，我们通过涵盖 170 项研究、257 个样本、52 个变量、1,429 个效应量和 158,473 名参与者的多层次荟萃分析综述综合了这些庞大而零散的文献。总体而言，我们发现阴谋观念的最强关联涉及（a）感知危险和威胁，（b）依赖直觉并拥有奇怪的信念和经验，以及（c）敌对和表现优越。在这些关系中发现了相当大的异质性——特别是当单个变量集中在一个域下时——并且我们确定了这些关系中潜在的边界条件（例如，阴谋的类型）。鉴于阴谋观念的心理相关因素通常被归类为属于动机或人格这两个广泛领域之一，我们的目标是了解这种异质性对阴谋观念框架的影响。最后，我们提出了未来研究的方向，这些方向可以对阴谋思想做出统一的解释。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。