“They've conspired against us”: Understanding the role of social identification and conspiracy beliefs in justification of ingroup collective behavior
Journal: European Journal of Social Psychology
Year: 2018

Abstract The present research investigates conditions under which beliefs in conspiracy theories predict the desire to justify ingroup behavior in the context of intergroup conflict. We propose that within the context of Ukraine's intergroup conflict over the annexation of Crimea, supporters (but not opponents) of the “Euromaidan” social movement are likely to validate protesters’ collective actions as just to the extent that they believe that the authorities are engaged in annexation‐related co