dc.creator | Živanović, Marko | |
dc.creator | Vukčević Marković, Maša | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-22T17:16:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-22T17:16:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-86-6427-247-6 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4885 | |
dc.description.abstract | Despite evidence showing that beliefs and values associated with conservative ideology are important predictors of vaccination against COVID-19, none of the previous studies examined if they contribute to specific vaccination choices and preferences in the context of different COVID-19 vaccines available. The present study examines the role of conservatism-liberalism, conceptualized as a relatively stable mindset in predicting the broad spectrum of COVID-19 vaccine-related behaviors above and beyond sociodemographics – vaccination status and specific vaccine choices and preferences. The study was conducted on a sample representative of the Serbian population (N = 1000), whose citizens could freely choose which COVID-19 vaccine they wanted to receive. The first principal component extracted from self-placement on the social axis of political orientation (1–extremely left-wing; 7–extremely right-wing), religiosity (1–not religious at all, 5–very religious), and Openness subscale of the BHI (4 items) was used as the measure of conservatism-liberalism. Participants reported the number of doses and specific COVID-19 vaccines they received for each dose, as well as reasons for their choice. Unvaccinated individuals reported which vaccine against COVID-19 they would receive in case of mandatory vaccination or if they eventually decided to get vaccinated. A series of hierarchical binary logistic regressions showed that conservatism-liberalism negatively predicts vaccination status (B = -.369, p < .01) and significantly differentiates between vaccine-hesitant, single/two-times vaccinated, and booster-dose vaccine recipients, with the latter being more liberal than both former groups (p-values < .05). Moreover, conservative individuals proved to be more likely to receive the Sinopharm (B = .282, p < .05) – a traditional whole-virus vaccine, while liberal individuals were more likely to receive one
of the innovative western vaccine options – Pfizer/BioNTech (B = -.213, p < .05) or Oxford/AstraZeneca (B = -.684, p < .01). Sputnik V proved to be the only vaccination option unrelated to conservatism-liberalism. Conservatism remained a remarkably stable predictor of booster-dose vaccine selections, despite vaccine shifts after the first two doses (Sinopharm B = .304, p < .05; Pfizer/BioNTech B = -.331, p < .05). The same pattern of results was observed for relations between conservatism-liberalism and vaccine preferences in a subsample of unvaccinated individuals (Sinopharm B = .448, p < .01; Pfizer/BioNTech B = -.345, p < .05).
The results suggest that basic ideological beliefs impact people’s health-related choices and readiness to adopt targeted health-related behavior. | sr |
dc.language.iso | en | sr |
dc.relation | Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological development of the Republic of Serbia (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy - grant no. 451-03-68/2022-14/200163) | sr |
dc.relation | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (research project Humans and Society in Times of Crisis – Čovek i društvo u vreme krize) | sr |
dc.relation | Psychosocial Innovation Network | sr |
dc.rights | openAccess | sr |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.source | Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology | sr |
dc.subject | conservatism-liberalism | sr |
dc.subject | vaccine hesitancy | sr |
dc.subject | vaccine type selection | sr |
dc.subject | covid-19 vaccination | sr |
dc.title | Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior | sr |
dc.type | conferenceObject | sr |
dc.rights.license | BY | sr |
dc.citation.spage | 92 | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/bitstream/id/11937/bitstream_11937.pdf | |
dc.identifier.rcub | https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885 | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | sr |