Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the U.S., but few other nations.

ABSTRACT: U.S.-based research suggests conservatism is linked with less concern about contracting coronavirus and less preventative behaviors to avoid infection. Here, we investigate whether these tendencies are partly attributable to distrust in scientific information, and evaluate whether they generalize outside the U.S., using public data and recruited representative samples across three studies (N_total = 34,710). In Studies 1 and 2, we examine these relationships in the U.S., yielding converging evidence for a sequential indirect effect of conservatism on compliance through scientific (dis)trust and infection concern. In Study 3, we compare these relationships across 19 distinct countries. Although the relationships between trust in scientific information about the coronavirus, concer

SUBMITTER: McLamore Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature