TY - JOUR

T1 - The role of intuition in vaccination attitudes

AU - Schindler, Julia

AU - Schindler, Simon

AU - Pfattheicher, Stefan

PY - 2021/12/1

Y1 - 2021/12/1

N2 - This study tested the idea that faith in intuition (people’s reliance on their intuition when making judgments or decisions) is negatively associated with vaccination attitudes in the U.S. populace. Intuition is an implicit, affective information processing mode based on prior experiences. U.S. citizens have few threatening experiences with vaccines because vaccination coverage for common vaccine-preventable diseases is high in the United States. Experiences with vaccination-side effects, however, are more prevalent. This is likely to shape an intuition that favors refusal over vaccination. Results of multiple regression analyses support this supposition. With increasing faith in intuition, people’s vaccination attitudes become less favorable.

AB - This study tested the idea that faith in intuition (people’s reliance on their intuition when making judgments or decisions) is negatively associated with vaccination attitudes in the U.S. populace. Intuition is an implicit, affective information processing mode based on prior experiences. U.S. citizens have few threatening experiences with vaccines because vaccination coverage for common vaccine-preventable diseases is high in the United States. Experiences with vaccination-side effects, however, are more prevalent. This is likely to shape an intuition that favors refusal over vaccination. Results of multiple regression analyses support this supposition. With increasing faith in intuition, people’s vaccination attitudes become less favorable.

KW - deliberate thinking

KW - experience

KW - intuition

KW - vaccination

KW - vaccination attitudes

KW - Psychology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086043112&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b8395c0d-711e-3bc4-b054-7c6b6e48a7f0/

U2 - 10.1177/1359105320925160

DO - 10.1177/1359105320925160

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 32508144

AN - SCOPUS:85086043112

VL - 26

SP - 2950

EP - 2957

JO - Journal of Health Psychology

JF - Journal of Health Psychology

SN - 1359-1053

IS - 14

ER -