How scientific reasoning correlates with health-related beliefs and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic?

被引:79
作者
Cavojova, Vladimira [1 ]
Srol, Jakub [1 ]
Ballova Mikuskova, Eva [1 ]
机构
[1] Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Expt Psychol, Ctr Social & Psychol Sci, Dubravska Cesta 9, Bratislava 84104, Slovakia
关键词
analytic thinking; anti-vaccination attitudes; COVID-19; COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs; preventive behavior; scientific reasoning; COGNITIVE REFLECTION; CONSPIRACY THEORIES; MYSIDE BIAS; UNIVERSITY; LITERACY; SCIENCE; POINT; GAP;
D O I
10.1177/1359105320962266
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
We examined whether scientific reasoning is associated with health-related beliefs and behaviors over and above general analytic thinking ability in the general public (N = 783, aged 18-84). Health-related beliefs included: anti-vaccination attitudes, COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, and generic health-related epistemically suspect beliefs. Scientific reasoning correlated with generic pseudoscientific and health-related conspiracy beliefs and COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs. Crucially, scientific reasoning was a stronger independent predictor of unfounded beliefs (including anti-vaccination attitudes) than general analytic thinking was; however, it had a more modest role in health-related behaviors.
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页码:534 / 547
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