McLamore, Quinnehtukqut and Syropoulos, Stylianos and Leidner, Bernhard and Hirschberger, Gilad and Young, Kevin and Zein, Rizqy Amelia and Baumert, Anna and Bilewicz, Michal and Bilgen, Arda and van Bezouw, Maarten J. and Chatard, Armand and Chekroun, Peggy and Chinchilla, Juana and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Euh, Hyun and Gomez, Angel and Kardos, Peter and Khoo, Ying Hooi and Li, Mengyao and Legal, Jean-Baptiste and Loughnan, Steve and Mari, Silvia and Tan-Mansukhani, Roseann and Muldoon, Orla and Noor, Masi and Paladino, Maria Paola and Petrovic, Nebojsa and Selvanathan, Hema Preya and Ulug, Ozden Melis and Wohl, Michael J. and Yeung, Wai Lan Victoria and Burrows, B. (2022) Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the US, but few other nations. Scientific Reports, 12 (1). p. 3724. ISSN 2045-2322, DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07508-6.
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U.S.-based research suggests conservatism is linked with less concern about contracting coronavirus and less preventative behaviors to avoid infection. Here, we investigate whether these tendencies are partly attributable to distrust in scientific information, and evaluate whether they generalize outside the U.S., using public data and recruited representative samples across three studies (N-total=34,710). In Studies 1 and 2, we examine these relationships in the U.S., yielding converging evidence for a sequential indirect effect of conservatism on compliance through scientific (dis)trust and infection concern. In Study 3, we compare these relationships across 19 distinct countries. Although the relationships between trust in scientific information about the coronavirus, concern about coronavirus infection, and compliance are consistent cross-nationally, the relationships between conservatism and trust in scientific information are not. These relationships are strongest in North America. Consequently, the indirect effects observed in Studies 1-2 only replicate in North America (the U.S. and Canada) and in Indonesia. Study 3 also found parallel direct and indirect effects on support for lockdown restrictions. These associations suggest not only that relationships between conservatism and compliance are not universal, but localized to particular countries where conservatism is more strongly related to trust in scientific information about the coronavirus pandemic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Universiti Malaya |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2025 06:52 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2025 06:52 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/41748 |
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