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ArticleJournal of health psychology2025

How perceived coercion polarizes unvaccinated people: The mediating role of conspiracy beliefs.

Haiyan Wang, Jan-Willem van Prooijen, Paul Am van Lange

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Article in Journal of health psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Haiyan WangVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6052-4736
Jan-Willem van ProoijenVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6236-0819
Paul Am van LangeVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, different policies were implemented to increase vaccination uptake. Meanwhile, conspiracy theories spread widely, and vaccinated versus unvaccinated people increasingly polarized against each other. This study examined the associations between perceived vaccination coercion, conspiracy beliefs and polarization. We tested the relationship of vaccination status with perceived vaccination coercion, conspiracy beliefs, and polarization, with a total sample size of

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CoercionCOVID-19VaccinationAdultChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited KingdomUnited StatesYoung Adultconspiracy beliefspolarizationvaccination coercionvaccination status

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PMID38494647
PMCPMC12322336

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