Naslov
Attachment and intellectual humility as predictors of attitudes towards vaccination and vaccines in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Autori
Reić Ercegovac, Ina ; Kalebić Jakupčević, Katija

Izvornik
Školski vjesnik : časopis za pedagoška i školska pitanja (0037-654X) 72 (2023), 1; 5-26

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
COVID19 ; stavovi prema cijepljenju ; privrženost ; intelektualna poniznost
(COVID19 ; attitudes towards vaccination ; attachment ; intellectual humility)

Sažetak
Health behavior, including attitudes towards vaccination, is affected by various personal, contextual and broader social factors. This paper focuses on attachment and intellectual humility as potential predictors of attitudes towards vaccination and predictors of vaccination status in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The starting hypothesis of the research was that there is a significant correlation between attachment styles and intellectual humility and that attachment and intellectual humility can separately significantly contribute to explaining individual differences in attitudes towards vaccination and differences in vaccination status. The research was conducted in an online environment on an occasional sample of students attending different Croatian faculties (N = 247). Questionnaires and self-assessment scales were applied to collect general data, data on attachment styles, intellectual humility, attitudes towards vaccination and reasons for (non-)vaccination. The results of regression analyses showed that secure attachment and intellectual humility (especially openness to change of mind, i.e. independence of ego and intellect) can explain attitudes towards vaccination in part, while significant predictors of vaccination status were age, fearful attachment, independence of ego and intellect and attitudes towards vaccination. The results confirmed some previous insights about the motivation for (non-)vaccination and pointed to a small but significant role of attachment and intellectual humility in explaining both attitudes towards vaccination and health behavior in the context of the pandemic.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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