Study reveals conspiracy beliefs spark a ‘significant breakdown’ in relationships
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Believing in conspiracy theories can trigger a ‘significant breakdown’ in romantic relationships, a study suggests.
Researchers have found that obsession with conspiracies such as QAnon, Flat Earth and Covid vaccine misinformation can fundamentally change a person’s behaviour.
This leaves partners struggling with anxiety, stress, insomnia and social isolation, they warned.
And it can wreak havoc on family life, leaving relationships on the brink of collapse.
In the study, published in The British Journal of Social Psychology, researchers interviewed 17 current and former partners of QAnon conspiracy believers.
QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that claims the world is secretly controlled by a ‘deep state’ cabal of Satan-worshipping child sex offenders.
Many participants said their partners became consumed by the conspiracy and seemed like ‘a different person’.
In many cases, partners even said that the spiral into conspiracy thought was the ‘death’ of the person they once knew.
Intense belief in conspiracy theories has a well-documented negative effect on the lives of those who engage in it and for the people around them.
Studies have found that people who become obsessed with these rabbit holes of misinformation become estranged from their friends and family and increasingly isolated from society.
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