Trust in science and COVID-19 vaccination: The role of institutional trust
This study aims to investigate the moderating role of institutional trust (i.e., trust in the authorities and trust in the healthcare system) in the relationship between trust in science/official modern medicine and the attitudes of young people towards getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The sample consi...
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| description | This study aims to investigate the moderating role of institutional trust (i.e., trust in the authorities and trust in the healthcare system) in the relationship between trust in science/official modern medicine and the attitudes of young people towards getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The sample consisted of 791 participants from Serbia (59.9% female), with an age range between 15 and 25 (M = 18.25, SD = 2.670). All trust-related measures, including trust in science, official modern medicine, the authorities and healthcare system had significant main effects in all tested models, indicating that, with an increase in the trust-related measures, the attitudes towards getting the COVID-19 vaccine tended to get more positive. Two out of four tested interactive effects were statistically significant: the interactive effect of trust in science and trust in healthcare, and trust in the official modern medicine and trust in healthcare on the attitudes towards getting COVID-19 vaccine. The study results suggest that distrust in the healthcare system is a vulnerability factor in the afore-mentioned relationship. This prompts a critical examination of the factors and conditions contributing to the pervasive lack of trust among young people in Serbia towards the institutional entities that shape and perpetuate perceptions and attitudes towards vaccination. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d15d7b9f1b2d42d7ad8cf82d80f767732025-02-05T13:18:53ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of PsychologyPsihološka Istraživanja0352-73792560-306X2024-01-0127224926610.5937/PSISTRA0-497070352-73792402249JTrust in science and COVID-19 vaccination: The role of institutional trustJanić Ognjen0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4594-1072Lazić Milica1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6640-9851Ljevaja Milica2https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7171-0147Educons University, Faculty for Sports and Psychology, Sremska Kamenica, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, SerbiaInstitute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, SerbiaThis study aims to investigate the moderating role of institutional trust (i.e., trust in the authorities and trust in the healthcare system) in the relationship between trust in science/official modern medicine and the attitudes of young people towards getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The sample consisted of 791 participants from Serbia (59.9% female), with an age range between 15 and 25 (M = 18.25, SD = 2.670). All trust-related measures, including trust in science, official modern medicine, the authorities and healthcare system had significant main effects in all tested models, indicating that, with an increase in the trust-related measures, the attitudes towards getting the COVID-19 vaccine tended to get more positive. Two out of four tested interactive effects were statistically significant: the interactive effect of trust in science and trust in healthcare, and trust in the official modern medicine and trust in healthcare on the attitudes towards getting COVID-19 vaccine. The study results suggest that distrust in the healthcare system is a vulnerability factor in the afore-mentioned relationship. This prompts a critical examination of the factors and conditions contributing to the pervasive lack of trust among young people in Serbia towards the institutional entities that shape and perpetuate perceptions and attitudes towards vaccination.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0352-7379/2024/0352-73792402249J.pdfattitudes towards getting the covid-19 vaccineinstitutional trusttrust in scienceadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Janić Ognjen Lazić Milica Ljevaja Milica Trust in science and COVID-19 vaccination: The role of institutional trust Psihološka Istraživanja attitudes towards getting the covid-19 vaccine institutional trust trust in science adolescents |
| title | Trust in science and COVID-19 vaccination: The role of institutional trust |
| title_full | Trust in science and COVID-19 vaccination: The role of institutional trust |
| title_fullStr | Trust in science and COVID-19 vaccination: The role of institutional trust |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trust in science and COVID-19 vaccination: The role of institutional trust |
| title_short | Trust in science and COVID-19 vaccination: The role of institutional trust |
| title_sort | trust in science and covid 19 vaccination the role of institutional trust |
| topic | attitudes towards getting the covid-19 vaccine institutional trust trust in science adolescents |
| url | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0352-7379/2024/0352-73792402249J.pdf |
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