Kosuke Motoki|Toshiki Saito|Yuji Takano
Scientific Literacy Linked to Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccinations: A Pre-Registered Study
Miyagi University|Japan Society for the Promotion of Science|Waseda University|University of Human Environments
ongoing covid19 pandemic began early 2020 global public health crisis prevent spread covid19 necessary promote vaccine administration preventive behaviors eg mask handwashing social distancing however people negative attitudes toward vaccine administration preventive behaviors based informationdeficit model present study investigated scientific literacy perceived understanding covid19 associated attitudes toward covid19 vaccinations preventive behaviors findings demonstrated scientific literacy perceived understanding covid19 vaccines positively associated attitudes toward covid19 vaccines additionally perceived understanding covid19 preventive behaviors scientific literacy positively associated attitudes towardpractice covid19 preventive behaviors collectively findings revealed role cognitive factors preventing global public health crisis demonstrated roles objective subjective knowledge attitudes toward covid19 vaccinations preventive behaviors