Vaccination conspiracy beliefs among social science & humanities and STEM educated people-An analysis of the mediation paths.

ABSTRACT: Understanding vaccine hesitancy is becoming increasingly important, especially after the global outbreak of COVID-19. The main goal of this study was to explore the differences in vaccination conspiracy beliefs between people with a university degree coming from different scientific fields-Social Sciences & Humanities (SH) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The study was conducted on an online convenience sample of respondents with college and university degrees in Croatia (N = 577). The results revealed that respondents educated in SH proved to be more prone to vaccination conspiracy beliefs. The indirect effect through science literacy was confirmed, while this was not the case for the indirect effects through health beliefs (natural immunity beliefs) and trust

SUBMITTER: Pavic Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8887742 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature