ArticlePublic understanding of science (Bristol, England)2023
Believing in science: Linking religious beliefs and identity with vaccination intentions and trust in science during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- The role of worldviews, radicalization risk factors, and personality in harassment of scientists.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- How supernatural and scientific beliefs influence individual cancer prevention behaviors: an empirical study of young Chinese adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Influences on COVID-19 Vaccine Adherence among Pregnant Women: The Role of Internet Access and Pre-Vaccination Emotions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Cyber anti-intellectualism and science communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- From words to pixels: The Infectious Diseases in Motion (IDIM) and VACCELERATE experience for fast and accessible science audiovisual communication.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Despite evidence supporting numerous scientific issues (e.g. climate change, vaccinations) many people still doubt the legitimacy of science. Moreover, individuals may be prone to scepticism about scientific findings that misalign with their ideological beliefs and identities. This research investigated whether trust in science (as well as government and media) and COVID-19 vaccination intentions varied as a function of (non)religious group identity, religiosity, religion-science compatibility beliefs, and/or political orientation in two online studies (N = 565) with university students and a Canadian community sample between January and June 2021. In both studies, vaccination intentions and trust in science varied as a function of (non)religious group identity and beliefs. Vaccine hesitancy was further linked to religiosity through a lack of trust in science. Given the ideological divides that the pandemic has exacerbated, this research has implications for informing public health strategies for relaying scientific findings to the public and encouraging vaccine uptake in culturally appropriate ways.
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