Political and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Prevention and Climate Change Behaviors and Attitudes
Attitudes and behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate change crisis might be driven by similar political beliefs and attitudes. The current study used a neo-Gramsci perspective to examine how political attitudes may be linked to COVID-19 prevention and climate change attitudes and...
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| author | Carl A. Latkin Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson Lauren Dayton Haley Bonneau |
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| description | Attitudes and behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate change crisis might be driven by similar political beliefs and attitudes. The current study used a neo-Gramsci perspective to examine how political attitudes may be linked to COVID-19 prevention and climate change attitudes and behaviors. A longitudinal online survey in the US assessed climate change and COVID-19 attitudes and behaviors, and wave 7 (2021) data were used to predict outcomes at wave 8 (2022) among 572 respondents. There were significant correlations among the variables of political ideology, climate change concerns, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 skepticism, COVID-19 vaccine as a personal choice, COVID-19 conspiracy, political correctness, percent of Republican friends, and dislike of the Democratic Party. In the multivariate models, COVID-19 vaccination as a personal choice was significantly associated with the four outcomes: vaccination status, climate change actions, vaccine hesitancy, and climate change concerns. COVID-19 skepticism was significantly associated with vaccination status, vaccine hesitancy, and climate change concerns. These findings suggest that there are similar drivers of COVID-19 prevention and climate change attitudes and behaviors, and interventions need to be tailored to target individual-level and societal-level factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1b6dc3615e04a0286b88bdeb5bb27f32023-11-17T10:24:06ZengMDPI AGClimate2225-11542023-02-011135310.3390/cli11030053Political and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Prevention and Climate Change Behaviors and AttitudesCarl A. Latkin0Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson1Lauren Dayton2Haley Bonneau3Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USADepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USADepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USADepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USAAttitudes and behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate change crisis might be driven by similar political beliefs and attitudes. The current study used a neo-Gramsci perspective to examine how political attitudes may be linked to COVID-19 prevention and climate change attitudes and behaviors. A longitudinal online survey in the US assessed climate change and COVID-19 attitudes and behaviors, and wave 7 (2021) data were used to predict outcomes at wave 8 (2022) among 572 respondents. There were significant correlations among the variables of political ideology, climate change concerns, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 skepticism, COVID-19 vaccine as a personal choice, COVID-19 conspiracy, political correctness, percent of Republican friends, and dislike of the Democratic Party. In the multivariate models, COVID-19 vaccination as a personal choice was significantly associated with the four outcomes: vaccination status, climate change actions, vaccine hesitancy, and climate change concerns. COVID-19 skepticism was significantly associated with vaccination status, vaccine hesitancy, and climate change concerns. These findings suggest that there are similar drivers of COVID-19 prevention and climate change attitudes and behaviors, and interventions need to be tailored to target individual-level and societal-level factors.https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/3/53climate changelongitudinalactivismpoliticalCOVID-19vaccination |
| spellingShingle | Carl A. Latkin Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson Lauren Dayton Haley Bonneau Political and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Prevention and Climate Change Behaviors and Attitudes Climate climate change longitudinal activism political COVID-19 vaccination |
| title | Political and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Prevention and Climate Change Behaviors and Attitudes |
| title_full | Political and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Prevention and Climate Change Behaviors and Attitudes |
| title_fullStr | Political and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Prevention and Climate Change Behaviors and Attitudes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Political and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Prevention and Climate Change Behaviors and Attitudes |
| title_short | Political and Social Drivers of COVID-19 Prevention and Climate Change Behaviors and Attitudes |
| title_sort | political and social drivers of covid 19 prevention and climate change behaviors and attitudes |
| topic | climate change longitudinal activism political COVID-19 vaccination |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/3/53 |
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