Asymmetric affective polarization regarding COVID-19 vaccination in six European countries

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: July 10, 2024

While recent research has shown that supporters and opponents of COVID-19 vaccination have polarizing political attitudes beliefs, we lack a thorough understanding how these two groups think about each other. To investigate the feelings stereotypes between vaccination, this study draws on cross-sectional survey data from six European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom), collected January March 2022 (n = 6379). Our findings indicate an opinion-based affective polarization vaccination. Both not only adopt different positions issue but also display dynamics in-group favoritism out-group hostility. Most notably, our assessment thermometer scores character trait ratings shows is asymmetric, as it stronger among pro-vaccination group. are critical to control infectious diseases because been influence health behaviors such compliance with government policies. The even more pressing globalization boosts threat pandemic emergence accelerates global transmission diseases.

Language: Английский

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Governing in the face of a global crisis: When do voters punish and reward incumbent governments?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 122(4)

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

The recent COVID-19 pandemic offers a rare opportunity to understand how citizens attribute responsibility for governments’ responses unanticipated negative—and in this case, systemic—exogenous shocks. Classical accounts of are complicated when crises pervasive, involve multiple valence dimensions, and where individuals can make relative assessments performance. We fielded conjoint experiment 16 countries with 22,147 respondents. In experiment, subjects made re-election decisions regarding 178,184 randomly assigned incumbent profiles. find that incumbents’ performance along both health economic dimensions drives these hypothetical reelection decisions. Using machine learning techniques, we only muted heterogeneity the magnitude distribution treatment effects. This result suggests widely reported signals have consistent political effects across countries. complementary analysis, also subjects’ intentions vote governments positively correlated subjective evaluations government’s performance, dimensions. These results provide evidence matter politically.

Language: Английский

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Changing Norms of Trust

Current Opinion in Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 62, P. 102004 - 102004

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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Forerunners vs. latecomers—institutional competition in the German federalism during the COVID crisis

European Journal of Law and Economics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, political competition among premiers of Germany’s 16 federal states intensified, with leaders striving to position themselves as proactive forerunners in managing crisis. This paper examines timing and determination these state announcing, legislating, enforcing policies, attention regional contexts specific determinants influencing their actions. Utilizing multiple distinct databases, we conduct a survival analysis assess each state’s response relative terms. Our findings reveal that who were early advocates public announcements discourse did not necessarily lead formal legislation or enforcement measures. study provides nuanced view crisis governance, highlighting divergence between rhetoric tangible policy action across landscape.

Language: Английский

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Friendship buffering effects on mental health symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A UK longitudinal study of young people with childhood adversity

Development and Psychopathology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 16

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

Abstract Young people with childhood adversity (CA) were at increased risk to experience mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-pandemic research identified high-quality friendship support as a protective factor that can buffer against emergence of in young CA. This longitudinal study investigated buffering effects on symptoms before and three timepoints pandemic 102 (aged 16–26) low moderate Multilevel analyses revealed continuous increase depression following outbreak. Friendship quality was perceived elevated lockdowns returned pre-pandemic baseline levels reopening. A stress-sensitizing effect CA social functioning evident, thinning occurred Bivariate latent change score modeling pandemic, greater self-reported lower vice versa. Furthermore, sequential mediation analysis showed friendships buffered through reducing stress. These findings highlight importance fostering stable supportive suggest stress perceptions mitigate times multidimensional

Language: Английский

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Divided by vaccination? Evaluating the intergroup conflict between pro- and anti-vaccination groups in the post-pandemic era

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Abstract The vaccination against COVID-19 has torn societies apart. Against this background we evaluate three interrelated research questions: (1) does polarize citizens even after the pandemic faded; (2) do opinions about correlate with group formation and identification, (3) observe opinion-based affective polarization regarding in post-pandemic era? Based on two original surveys from Switzerland early 2022 late 2023, our results highlight that respondents have distinct vaccination, but only pro-vaccination formed an opinion identity. We also asymmetric polarization: show higher levels of liking toward other significant dislike anti-vaccination respondents, while same not hold true for respondents. Overall, is less pronounced aftermath health crisis than during pandemic. However, at a time when globalization boosting threat pandemics, caution warranted, as increasing salience could widen divide again.

Language: Английский

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Organizational and Individual Factors of Evidence Informed Policy Making in Public Organizations

Public Administration Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 3, 2025

ABSTRACT Understanding the use of evidence by public organizations and officials is a key issue for administration scholars practitioners. In this study, we examine how individual‐ organizational‐level factors relate to informed policy making. Using Norm Evidence Research in Decision‐making (NERD), conduct an online survey analyze making perceptions ( n = 438) holding responsibilities within Flemish (Belgian) government. The results highlight importance rational, results‐ production‐oriented organizational culture, adequate access information, sufficient time, appropriate personnel. At individual level, person‐organization fit sector experience are associated with use. Enhancing our knowledge these crucial advancing theory practice organizations.

Language: Английский

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Measuring associations among British national identification, group norms and social distancing behaviour during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Testing a Social Identity Model of Behavioural Associations (SIMBA)

British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 64(2)

Published: March 21, 2025

Social identification and group norms have been identified as key social psychological determinants of engagement in protective public health behaviours, such distancing, the context COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing upon both identity balanced theories, research tests utility a Identity Model Behavioural Associations (SIMBA)-which proposes reciprocal, interactive associations among self-group, group-behaviour self-behaviour concepts-for measurement British national identification, distancing behaviour at two different points during An online study asked participants (Time 1 N = 151, Time 2 136) to complete implicit explicit (i.e. self-report) measures post-lockdown. Results demonstrated be relatively stable across time found strong correlational confirmation that strength any one association SIMBA could predicted by remaining two-both implicitly explicitly. However, association, measured post-lockdown, was not interaction between change scores two-suggesting constructs may long-range predictors another. Findings are discussed terms value for modification novel, emergent group-based associations.

Language: Английский

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Estimating the effects of interventions on increasing vaccination: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Global Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 10(4), P. e017142 - e017142

Published: April 1, 2025

As global vaccination rates have reached their lowest point in nearly 15 years, effective interventions are being required globally to promote vaccination; however, there is a lack of rigorous evaluation the effect various interventions. Through synthesis, we analysed data from approximately 6 125 795 participants across 319 studies 41 countries reveal landscape four intervention themes and assess effectiveness increasing rates. We found an overall positive main on improving vaccination. Specifically, dialogue-based increased by 43.1% (95% CI: 29.8 57.9%, with sizes measured as relative risks (RRs)), though they may not always be adolescents or sample higher percentage male participants. Incentive-based interventions, whether implemented alone combined other themes, failed demonstrate significant children. Reminder/recall-based were also for promoting (38.5% increase, 95% 28.9 48.9%), particularly completing vaccine series. Multi-component exhibited excellent (54.3% 40.5 69.6%), combination dialogue, incentive reminder/recall proving more than multi-component but showing no effects populations high initial However, that most cases combining additional single significantly improve effectiveness, especially incentive-based reminder/recall-based appear beneficial some specific combinations. These findings underscore importance governments, public health officials advocacy groups implementing appropriate selecting tailored populations, strategically completion series effectively save lives.

Language: Английский

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How journalism researchers navigate the AI hype: research orientations and intervention recommendations

Information Communication & Society, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 20

Published: April 10, 2025

Language: Английский

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