| Creators: |
Rubaltelli, Enrico and Dickert, Stephan and Markowitz, David M. and Slovic, Paul |
| Title: |
Political ideology shapes risk and benefit judgments of COVID-19 vaccines |
| Item Type: |
Article or issue of a publication series |
| Journal or Series Title: |
Risk Analysis |
| Page Range: |
pp. 126-140 |
| Additional Information: |
Open access |
| Date: |
1 January 2024 |
| Divisions: |
Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| Abstract (ENG): |
In April 2021, the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was paused to investigate whether it had caused serious blood clots to a small number of women (six out of 6.8 million Americans who had been administered that vaccine). As these events were unfolding, we surveyed a sample of Americans (N = 625) to assess their reactions to this news, whether they supported the pausing of the vaccine, and potential psychological factors underlying their decision. In addition, we employed automated text analyses as a supporting method to more classical quantitative measures. Results showed that political ideology influenced the support for the pausing of the vaccine; liberals were more likely to oppose it than conservatives. In addition, the effect of political ideology was mediated by the difference between perceived benefit and risk and the language style used to produce reasons in support (or against) the decision to pause the vaccine. Liberals perceived the benefit of vaccines higher than the risk, used a more analytic language style when stating their reasons, and had a more positive attitude toward the vaccine. We discuss the implications of our findings considering vaccine hesitancy and risk perception during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
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| Citation: |
Rubaltelli, Enrico and Dickert, Stephan and Markowitz, David M. and Slovic, Paul
(2024)
Political ideology shapes risk and benefit judgments of COVID-19 vaccines.
Risk Analysis, 44 (1).
pp. 126-140.
ISSN 1539-6924
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