Tylor Cosgrove

Research Interests

Internet, digital and social media

Teaching Strengths

Data analysis and statistics
Social Psychology
Research Design

Dr Tylor Cosgrove

Online Course Facilitator

Adelaide University Online and Learning Futures

Academic

I have recently completed my PhD in Psychology investigating conspiracy theories and misinformation. I am interested in how this information spreads on social media, and how individuals come to accept it. I am also interested in the roles that personality traits, education, and social identities play in belief formation. I have taught across multiple universities for a variety of subjects in Psychology, both in-person and online. I joined Uni SA in 2025 to facilitate online courses for the Bachelor of Psychology program. 

I investigate conspiracy theories and misinformation. I am particularly interested in psychological motivations, personality traits and social identities that influence how individuals form beliefs and evaluate information. I also investigate which of these lead educated individuals to deny widely accepted beliefs or accept those with limited evidence.  

 

Date Institution name Country Title
Bond University Australia Doctor of Philosophy

Year Citation
2026 Cosgrove, T. (2026). When education fails: narcissism, uniqueness, and need for closure in conspiracy beliefs and misinformation. Personality and Individual Differences, 251(113567), 1-14.
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2026 Cosgrove, T., Bahr, M., & Fritzon, K. (2026). Unfounded beliefs online: a socially adapted theory of planned behaviour model for misinformation adoption and spread. Current Psychology, 45(5), 549-1-549-15.
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2025 Noureddine, A., Hallit, S., Malaeb, D., Sakr, F., Dabbous, M., Cosgrove, T., . . . Moustafa, A. A. (2025). Measurement of purpose in life among Arabic-speaking adolescents: psychometric properties of an Arabic-language version of the Claremont purpose scale (CPS). Frontiers In Psychology, 16(1583111), 1-10.
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2025 Lee, M., Ball, L., Hill, S., Crowe, T. C., Walsh, H., Cosgrove, T., & Best, T. (2025). Omnivore, vegan and vegetarian diet quality associations with depressive symptoms: a comparative cross-sectional analysis of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Journal of Affective Disorders, 370, 18-25.
DOI Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC4
2024 Cosgrove, T., & Bahr, M. (2024). The language of conspiracy theories: negative emotions and themes facilitate diffusion online. Sage Open, 14(4), 1-11.
DOI Scopus1 WoS2
2023 Cosgrove, T. J., & Murphy, C. P. (2023). Narcissistic susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs exaggerated by education, reduced by cognitive reflection. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1-10.
DOI Scopus9 WoS7 Europe PMC6
- Cosgrove, T., & Bahr, M. (n.d.). Psycholinguistics of Conspiracy Theories: Negative Emotions and Themes Facilitate Diffusion Online. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Year Citation
2024 Cosgrove, T., Bahr, M., & Fritzon, K. (2024). Social Identities Increase Susceptibility to Congruent Misinformation: Testing Norm and Nudge Interventions.
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2023 Cosgrove, T., Bahr, M., & Fritzon, K. (2023). Monological or Ideological? Themes and Psychosocial Predictors of Conspiracy Belief.
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DECRA Development Award - University of South Australia - Nov 2025

  • $5,000 

Courses I teach

  • BEHL 1030 UO Psychology 1A (2025)
  • BEHL 2019 UO Introductory Research Methods (2025)
  • BEHL 3033 UO Work and Organisational Psychology (2025)

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