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\title{Psychosocial Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and the
Mediating Role of Various Attitudes Towards Science}



\author[1]{Jonathan Morgan}%
\author[1]{Joey A. Wagoner}%
\author[1]{Thomas Pyszczynski}%
\affil[1]{Colorado College Department of Psychology}%


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  \date{May 30, 2024}


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Even as the pandemic wanes in public interest, understanding vaccine
hesitancy remains critically important. This study examined how
attitudes towards science mediate the relationship between COVID-19
vaccine hesitancy and prominent psychosocial predictors: political
ideology, religiosity, reactance proneness, dogmatism, perceived
ostracism, and precarity. We analyzed the structure of people's
attitudes towards science, revealing four factors: belief that science
is objective, belief that science and technology are beneficial, trust
in science in general, and trust in medical science. With these as
mediators in a saturated path analysis, low trust in medical science and
lacking belief that science is objective fully mediated the
relationships between nearly all predictors and COVID-19 vaccine
hesitancy. Political conservativism's negative association with vaccine
hesitancy was partially mediated by the same two factors. Trust in
science in general was not a significant mediator once all four facets
were included in the model. These findings are discussed with a focus on
their implications for understanding attitudes towards science and their
complex role in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.%
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