Psychology of Communication and New Media, Human-Computer-Media Institute, University of Würzburg, Oswald-Külpe-Weg 82, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 14;13(1):4254. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31079-9.
A substantial number of people refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19, which prompts the question as to why. We focus on the role of individual worldviews about the nature and generation of knowledge (epistemic beliefs). We propose a model that includes epistemic beliefs, their relationship to the Dark Factor of Personality (D), and their mutual effect on the probability of having been vaccinated against COVID-19. Based on a US nationally representative sample (N = 1268), we show that stronger endorsement of post-truth epistemic beliefs was associated with a lower probability of having been vaccinated against COVID-19. D was also linked to a lower probability of having been vaccinated against COVID-19, which can be explained by post-truth epistemic beliefs. Our results indicate that the more individuals deliberately refrain from adhering to the better argument, the less likely they are vaccinated. More generally, post-truth epistemic beliefs pose a challenge for rational communication.
相当数量的人拒绝接种 COVID-19 疫苗，这促使我们提出了一个问题，即为什么会这样。我们专注于个体对知识的本质和产生的世界观（认识信念）的作用。我们提出了一个包含认识信念、它们与人格的黑暗因素（D）的关系以及它们对 COVID-19 疫苗接种概率的相互影响的模型。基于一项具有全国代表性的美国样本（N=1268），我们表明，对后真相认识信念的强烈支持与接种 COVID-19 疫苗的概率降低有关。D 也与接种 COVID-19 疫苗的概率降低有关，这可以用后真相认识信念来解释。我们的研究结果表明，个体越故意不遵守更好的论点，他们接种疫苗的可能性就越低。更普遍地说，后真相认识信念对理性沟通构成了挑战。
