Christian nationalism and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake

被引:86
作者
Corcoran, Katie E. [1 ]
Scheitle, Christopher P. [1 ]
DiGregorio, Bernard D. [1 ]
机构
[1] West Virginia Univ, Dept Sociol & Anthropol, POB 6326, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
关键词
Christian nationalism; COVID-19; Vaccine hesitancy; Religion; AMERICANS; ATTITUDES; IDENTITY; RELIGION; ACCEPTANCE; BOUNDARIES; KNOWLEDGE; BLACK; BLUE;
D O I
10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.074
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake is vital for informing public health interventions. Prior U.S. research has found that religious conservatism is positively associated with anti-vaccine attitudes. One of the strongest predictors of anti-vaccine attitudes in the U.S. is Christian nationalism-a U.S. cultural ideology that wants civic life to be permeated by their particular form of nationalist Christianity. However, there are no studies examining the relationship between Christian nationalism and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake. Using a new nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, we find that Christian nationalism is one of the strongest predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and is negatively associated with having received or planning to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Since Christian nationalists make up approximately 20 percent of the population, these findings could have important implications for achieving herd immunity. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:6614 / 6621
页数:8
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