Željko Pavi?|Adrijana Šuljok
Vaccination conspiracy beliefs among social science &amp; humanities and STEM educated people—An analysis of the mediation paths
University of Osijek|Institute for Social Research
understanding vaccine hesitancy becoming increasingly important especially global outbreak covid19 main goal study explore differences vaccination conspiracy beliefs people university degree coming different scientific fieldssocial sciences humanities sh science technology engineering mathematics stem study conducted online convenience sample respondents college university degrees croatia n 577 results revealed respondents educated sh proved prone vaccination conspiracy beliefs indirect effect science literacy confirmed case indirect effects health beliefs natural immunity beliefs trust healthcare system however three variables important direct predictors vaccination conspiracy beliefs female gender religiosity positively correlated vaccination conspiracy beliefs age statistically significant predictor authors concluded emphasizing necessity theoretically elaborated approaches study educational sociodemographic differences vaccine hesitancy