Contribution of rationality to vaccine attitudes: Testing two hypotheses.

ABSTRACT: Although previous studies have demonstrated an association between vaccine attitudes and cognitive biases, often resulting in vaccination hesitancy, the exact contribution of rationality has not been fully clarified. We tested two hypotheses regarding the impact of rationality on vaccine attitudes stemming from bounded and expressive rationality. We focused on parental vaccine attitudes operationalized by the affective, behavioral, and cognitive attitude components and investigated how these are influenced by disillusionment toward authorities and ability to engage in rational thinking operationalized using cognitive reflection and heuristics and biases tasks. The study was of a cross-sectional correlational design with a non-probabilistic sample of 823 volunteer participants surveyed onli

SUBMITTER: Tomljenovic H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8426977 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature