ArticlePersonality and individual differences2022
The behavioral immune system and vaccination intentions during the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Coronavirus-Related Searches on the Internet Predict COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in the Real World: A Behavioral Immune System Perspective.Social psychological and personality science · 2023Article
- The Role of Perceived Risk in the Relationship Between Disgust Sensitivity and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy.Cognitive therapy and research · 2023Article
- Spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on attitudes to influenza and childhood vaccines.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The behavioral immune system in action: Psychological correlates of pathogen disgust sensitivity in healthcare professionals working in a COVID-19 hospital.Physiology & behavior · 2022Article
- Message in a bottle: mRNA vaccination for influenza.The Journal of general virology · 2022Article
- Linking the behavioral immune system to COVID-19 vaccination intention: The mediating role of the need for cognitive closure and vaccine hesitancy.Personality and individual differences · 2022Article
- Political ideology and pandemic lifestyles: the indirect effects of empathy, authoritarianism, and threat.Discover social science and health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 vaccination intention: The combined role of pathogen disgust and trust in government.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The behavioral immune system is considered to be a psychological adaptation that decreases the risk of infection. Research suggests that, in the current environment, this system can produce attitudes with negative health consequences, such as increased vaccine hesitancy. In three studies, we investigated whether two facets of the behavioral immune system-germ aversion (i.e., aversion to potential pathogen transmission) and perceived infectability (i.e., perceived susceptibility to disease)-predicted intentions to accept COVID-19 and influenza vaccination during the pandemic. The behavioral immune system mechanisms were measured before the COVID-19 pandemic in one study, and during the pandemic in two. In contrast to previous research, those with higher germ aversion during the pandemic perceived vaccines to be safer and had higher intentions to accept vaccination. Germ aversion before the pandemic was not associated with vaccination intentions. Individuals who perceived themselves as more susceptible to disease were slightly more willing to accept vaccination. We conjecture that high disease threat reverses the relationship between the behavioral immune system response and vaccination. As the associations were weak, individual differences in germ aversion and perceived infectability are of little practical relevance for vaccine uptake.
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