Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Soc Sci Med. 2023 Mar;321:115768. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115768. Epub 2023 Feb 10.
The present research examines the potential that support for efforts aimed at mitigating systemic racism might have beneficial consequences related to vaccination attitudes (e.g., vaccine willingness). Specifically, the present research examines the hypothesis that Black Lives Matter (BLM) support is related to reduced vaccine hesitancy, and that prosocial intergroup attitudes are a theoretical mechanism. It tests these predictions across social group lines. Study 1 examined state-level indicators tied to BLM protests and discourse (i.e., Google searches, news reports) and COVID-19 vaccine attitudes among US adult racial/ethnic minority (N = 81,868) and White (N = 223,353) respondents. Then, Study 2 investigated, respondent-level, BLM support (measured at time 1) and general vaccine attitudes (measured at time 2) among US adult racial/ethnic minority (N = 1,756) and White (N = 4,994) respondents. It tested a theoretical process model that included prosocial intergroup attitudes as a mediator. Study 3 tested a replication of the theoretical mediation model using a different sample of US adult racial/ethnic minority (N = 2,931) and White (N = 6,904) respondents. Across studies and social groups (i.e., racial/ethnic minority and White respondents), as well as controlling for demographic and structural covariates, BLM support and state-level indicators were found to be related to lower vaccine hesitancy. And, Studies 2-3 provided some evidence that prosocial intergroup attitudes are a theoretical mechanism; the studies provided evidence of partial mediation. Holistically, the findings have the potential to advance understandings of how support and discourse related to BLM and/or other anti-racism efforts can be associated with positive public health outcomes such as reductions in vaccine hesitancy.
本研究考察了支持旨在减轻系统性种族主义的努力的潜力，这些努力可能与接种态度（例如疫苗接种意愿）相关的有益后果有关。具体来说，本研究检验了以下假设：支持“黑人的命也是命”（BLM）与降低疫苗犹豫有关，亲社会的群体间态度是一种理论机制。它通过跨社会群体检验了这些预测。研究 1 考察了与 BLM 抗议和论述（即谷歌搜索、新闻报道）以及美国成年少数族裔（N=81868）和白人（N=223353）受访者的 COVID-19 疫苗态度相关的州级指标。然后，研究 2 调查了美国成年少数族裔（N=1756）和白人（N=4994）受访者的 BLM 支持（在第 1 次测量时）和一般疫苗态度（在第 2 次测量时）。它检验了一个理论过程模型，该模型将亲社会的群体间态度作为中介。研究 3 使用美国成年少数族裔（N=2931）和白人（N=6904）受访者的另一个样本检验了理论中介模型的复制。在研究和社会群体（即少数族裔和白人受访者）中，以及控制人口统计学和结构协变量，BLM 支持和州级指标与较低的疫苗犹豫有关。并且，研究 2-3 提供了一些证据表明亲社会的群体间态度是一种理论机制；研究提供了部分中介的证据。总体而言，这些发现有可能增进对支持和与 BLM 相关的论述或其他反种族主义努力如何与积极的公共卫生结果（例如降低疫苗犹豫）相关的理解。
