Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior
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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 B...HI (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.
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conservatism-liberalism / vaccine hesitancy / vaccine type selection / covid-19 vaccinationIzvor:
Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology, 2023, 92-Finansiranje / projekti:
- 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)
- Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (research project Humans and Society in Times of Crisis – Čovek i društvo u vreme krize)
- Psychosocial Innovation Network
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - CONF AU - Živanović, Marko AU - Vukčević Marković, Maša PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4885 AB - 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. C3 - Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology T1 - Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior SP - 92 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885 ER -
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Živanović, M.,& Vukčević Marković, M.. (2023). Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior. in Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology, 92. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885
Živanović M, Vukčević Marković M. Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior. in Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology. 2023;:92. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885 .
Živanović, Marko, Vukčević Marković, Maša, "Conservative-liberal mindset as a driver of COVID-19 vaccination behavior" in Book of abstracts - XXIX Empirical studies in psychology (2023):92, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4885 .