Anti-vaccination attitudes are associated with less analytical and more intuitive reasoning

Online anti-vaccination rhetoric has produced far reaching negative health consequences. Persons who endorse anti-vaccination attitudes may employ less analytical reasoning when problem solving. Considering limitations in previous research, we used an online web-based survey (n = 760; mean age = 47....

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Published in:Psychology, health & medicine health & medicine, 2022-11, Vol.27 (10), p.2113-2125
Main Authors: Caravaggio, Fernando, Porco, Natasha, Kim, Julia, Fervaha, Gagan, Graff-Guerrero, Ariel, Gerretsen, Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anti-vaccine
Attitudes
Cognitive reflection test
CRT
Health education
Immunization
Internet
Males
Men
Problem solving
Public health
Religiosity
Rhetoric
vaccination attitudes examination scale
VAX
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Summary:Online anti-vaccination rhetoric has produced far reaching negative health consequences. Persons who endorse anti-vaccination attitudes may employ less analytical reasoning when problem solving. Considering limitations in previous research, we used an online web-based survey (n = 760; mean age = 47.69; 388 males, 372 females) to address this question. Analytical reasoning was negatively correlated with anti-vaccination attitudes (r = −.18, p
ISSN:1354-8506
1465-3966
DOI:10.1080/13548506.2021.2014911