Trust in Scientists, Risk Perception, Conspiratorial Beliefs, and Unrealistic Optimism: A Network Approach to Investigating the Psychological Underpinnings of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions

Trust in Scientists, Risk Perception, Conspiratorial Beliefs, and Unrealistic Optimism: A Network Approach to Investigating the Psychological Underpinnings of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions

Using a network approach, we addressed in two studies interrelations among potential antecedents of vaccine intentions, related to both COVID-19 risk perception and epistemic beliefs (i.e., trust in scientists and conspiracy beliefs). In Study 1 and 2, we assessed a US (N = 994) and an international...

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Main Authors: Bruno Gabriel Salvador Casara, Susana Martinez-Conde, Dariusz Dolinski, Caterina Suitner, Oliver Genschow, Pawel Muniak, Wojciech Kulesza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2022-10-01
Series:Social Psychological Bulletin
Subjects:
covid-19
optimism
pessimism
unrealistic optimism bias
risk perception
vaccination hesitancy
cognitive illusions
positive illusions
conspiracy
coronavirus
trust in science
Online Access:https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/7807

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