Koç University, Turkey.
National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Public Underst Sci. 2022 Feb;31(2):239-251. doi: 10.1177/09636625211060472. Epub 2021 Dec 1.
Based on role congruity theory, we investigated how gender bias may influence public attitudes toward the vaccine in Turkey. Using a between-subjects design, we tested whether an emphasis on the female versus the male scientist as the vaccine's inventor in a news story influenced attitudes about the BioNTech vaccine and vaccination intentions. Partly confirming role congruity theory, three-way interaction results from 665 participants demonstrated that among male participants with a stronger belief in traditional gender roles (compared to males with lower belief), the presence of the female inventor, either by herself or together with the male inventor, decreased the perceived efficacy and safety of the vaccine and reduced intentions to be vaccinated by the BioNTech vaccine. We did not observe such differences for women. These findings highlight how gender bias may influence individuals' information processing and decision making in a way that may have negative consequences for public health.
基于角色一致性理论，我们研究了性别偏见如何影响土耳其公众对疫苗的态度。我们采用了组间设计，检验了在新闻报道中强调女性还是男性科学家作为疫苗的发明者，是否会影响人们对 BioNTech 疫苗的态度和接种意愿。部分证实了角色一致性理论，来自 665 名参与者的三因素交互作用结果表明，在传统性别角色信念较强的男性参与者中（与信念较低的男性相比），女性发明者的存在（无论是单独存在还是与男性发明者一起存在），都会降低人们对疫苗的功效和安全性的感知，并降低他们接种 BioNTech 疫苗的意愿。我们没有观察到女性中存在这种差异。这些发现强调了性别偏见如何影响个体的信息处理和决策，这种影响可能对公众健康产生负面影响。
