Vaccine Hesitancy and Attitudes Toward Elite Knowledge in the United States During COVID-19

To be effective, the battle against COVID-19 and other pandemics must address the social dimensions of the crisis. The objective of this study was to assess whether negative attitudes toward elite knowledge were associated with vaccine hesitancy in the United States during COVID-19. Attitudes toward...

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Published in:Critical sociology 2024-03, Vol.50 (2), p.317-334
Main Authors: Morelock, Jeremiah, Michelotti, Andressa, Uyen, Ly Hoang Minh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
COVID-19
Elites
Epistemology
Immunization
Knowledge
Measures
Pandemics
Populism
Public health
Realism
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Summary:To be effective, the battle against COVID-19 and other pandemics must address the social dimensions of the crisis. The objective of this study was to assess whether negative attitudes toward elite knowledge were associated with vaccine hesitancy in the United States during COVID-19. Attitudes toward elite knowledge were assessed using three measures: (a) the Epistemological Style Inventory’s ‘naive realism’ subscale, (b) a measure about supporting education to foster understanding of politics, and (c) a populism scale. Vaccine hesitancy was measured using a 9-item adaptation of the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale used by the World Health Organization. Multiple regression results revealed that naïve realism (.184, p 
ISSN:0896-9205
1569-1632
DOI:10.1177/08969205231180267