PMID- 32551900
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211122
LR  - 20211122
IS  - 1465-3966 (Electronic)
IS  - 1354-8506 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 9
DP  - 2021 Oct
TI  - Is the worship of celebrities associated with resistance to vaccinations?
      Relationships between celebrity admiration, anti-vaccination attitudes, and
      beliefs in conspiracy.
PG  - 1063-1072
LID - 10.1080/13548506.2020.1778754 [doi]
AB  - Vaccinations and anti-vaccination attitudes have reclaimed the spotlight as a
      crucial health behavior because of the recent surge in outbreaks of preventable
      diseases. One factor that may be contributing to this trend is the outspoken role
      that anti-vaccination celebrities play. The main purpose of the present study was
      to determine whether anti-vaccination attitudes are related to celebrity
      admiration. We hypothesized a positive correlation between anti-vaccination
      attitudes and celebrity interest and admiration. We also hypothesized that
      persons who are very concerned about the commercial profiteering of vaccinations 
      will also tend to believe in conspiracies. Participants (N = 320, 40% female,
      mean age = 36.28, SD = 11.32) completed the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS) and
      the Vaccination Attitudes Examination Scale (VAX) through an online survey
      management system. We found significant positive associations between
      anti-vaccination attitudes and celebrity admiration and interest. However,
      celebrity admiration and interest did not correlate with mistrust of vaccine
      benefits, as measured by a subdomain of the VAX. Additionally, we found that
      concerns about commercial profiteering from vaccines correlated with beliefs in
      conspiracy theories. Our study suggests a new way of approaching people's
      anti-vaccination attitudes that may be used to effectively educate the public
      about the importance of vaccinations.
FAU - Martinez-Berman, Lisset
AU  - Martinez-Berman L
AD  - Science and Mathematics, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas,
      USA.
FAU - McCutcheon, Lynn
AU  - McCutcheon L
AD  - Editorial Office, North American Journal of Psychology, Winter Garden, Florida,
      USA.
FAU - Huynh, Ho P
AU  - Huynh HP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9931-7467
AD  - Science and Mathematics, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas,
      USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200618
PL  - England
TA  - Psychol Health Med
JT  - Psychology, health & medicine
JID - 9604099
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude
MH  - *Famous Persons
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Vaccination/psychology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - *Anti-vaccination attitudes
OT  - *celebrity admiration
OT  - *conspiracy theories
OT  - *vaccination attitudes
OT  - *vaccines
EDAT- 2020/06/20 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/23 06:00
CRDT- 2020/06/20 06:00
PHST- 2020/06/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/06/20 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/13548506.2020.1778754 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychol Health Med. 2021 Oct;26(9):1063-1072. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2020.1778754.
      Epub 2020 Jun 18.