A5088276720- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Educational Research and Science Teaching
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Media and Politics
- Spanish Philosophy and Literature
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Media Influence and Health
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
University of Coimbra
2021-2024
Universidad de Granada
2024
ARPE PACA
2024
Universitat de València
2017-2021
We introduce and report early stage testing of a novel, multicomponent intervention that can be used by healthcare professionals (HCPs) to address false or misleading antivaccination arguments while maintaining empathy for understanding people's motivations believe misinformation: the "Empathetic Refutational Interview" (ERI).
The proliferation of anti-vaccination arguments online can threaten immunisation programmes, including those targeting COVID-19. To effectively refute misinformed views about vaccination, communicators need to go beyond providing correct information and debunking misconceptions, must consider the underlying motivations people who hold contrarian views. Drawing on a taxonomy that identified 11 "attitude roots"-i.e., psychological attributes-that motivate an individual's vaccine-hesitant...
Summary In this study, we present the Pseudoscientific Belief Scale (PSEUDO; α = 0.90). The conceptual foundations of scale include (a) a philosophically grounded and functional demarcation criterion between science pseudoscience; (b) an analysis pseudoscientific status denialism, which is integrated into scale; (c) bibliographic justification to back up inclusion each item. validation process carried out based on two studies. Study 1 ( N 3,416) uses both exploratory factor cluster analysis:...
Abstract In this article, we develop the revised and short versions of pseudoscientific belief scale through two empirical studies ( N = 4154). This revision is motivated by excessive length scale, as well consistent observations poor item loadings across several studies. Exploratory factor analysis in Study 1 revealed 11 dispensable items, resulting a 19‐item form, whereas 2 constructed eight‐item form. Confirmatory unidimensional structures for both scales, exhibiting excellent...
This Comment piece summarises current challenges regarding routine vaccine uptake in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and provides recommendations on how to increase uptake. To implement these recommendations, article points evidence-based resources that can support health-care workers, policy makers communicators.
Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play an important role in vaccination; those with low confidence vaccines are less likely to recommend them their patients and be vaccinated themselves. The study's purpose was adapt validate long- short-form versions of the International Professionals' Vaccine Confidence Behaviors (I-Pro-VC-Be) questionnaire measure psychosocial determinants HCPs' vaccine associations vaccination behaviors European countries.After original French-language Pro-VC-Be culturally...
Previous research has confirmed the prominent role of group processes in promotion and endorsement disinformation. We report three studies on a psychological framework derived from integrated threat theory—a theory which describes how perceived leads to polarization prejudice—composed following constructs: belongingness, threat, outgroup derogation, intergroup anxiety. Our pilot study suggested that need belong anxiety predict antiscientific beliefs (pseudoscientific, paranormal, conspiracy...
The lack of validated instruments assessing vaccine hesitancy/confidence among health care professionals (HCPs) for themselves, and their patients led us to develop validate the Pro-VC-Be instrument measure confidence other psychosocial determinants HCPs' vaccination behavior diverse HCPs in different countries.Cross-sectional survey October-November 2020 1,249 GPs France, 432 French-speaking parts Belgium, 1,055 nurses Quebec (Canada), all participating general population immunization....
A critical analysis of twenty-one demarcation criteria is carried out, obtaining as a result demarcating tool that allows appropriate screening between science and pseudoscience. After an introduction will emphasize the scientific social relevance problem need adequate approach to face it, specific problems multicriterial attempts be remarked, such their lack theoretical foundations presence dispensable contradictory items. On basis this first analysis, metacriterion, necessary general...
Abstract Anti‐science attitudes can be resilient to scientific evidence if they are rooted in psychological motives. One such motive is trait reactance, which refers the need react with opposition when one's freedom of choice has been threatened. In three studies, we investigated reactance as a motivation reject vaccination. longitudinal studies ( n = 199; 293), examined measured before COVID‐19 pandemic was related people's willingness get vaccinated against up 2 years later during...
Research has found that vaccine-promoting messages can elicit state reactance (i.e., negative emotions in response to a perceived threat behavioral freedom), especially among individuals with high trait proneness experiencing reactance). This result lower willingness accept vaccines. We investigated whether inoculation against - is, forewarning about potentially reduce the effects of on vaccination willingness. Participants (
Effective science communication is challenging when scientific messages are informed by a continually updating evidence base and must often compete against misinformation. We argue that we need new program of as collective intelligence—a collaborative approach, supported technology. This would have four key advantages over the typical model where scientists communicate individuals: be (a) wider aggregated knowledge, (b) contributions from diverse community, (c) participatory input...
Vaccine hesitancy has become a threat to public health, especially as it is phenomenon that also been observed among healthcare professionals. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between endorsement of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) vaccination attitudes behaviors professionals, using cross-sectional sample physicians with responsibilities from four European countries: Germany, Finland, Portugal, France (total N = 2,787). Our results suggest that, in all participating...
Background Vaccine confidence among health care professionals (HCPs) is a key determinant of vaccination behaviors. We validate short-form version the 31-item Pro-VC-Be (Health Professionals Confidence and Behaviors) questionnaire that measures HCPs' in commitment to vaccination.Research design methods A cross-sectional survey 2,696 HCPs established long-form tool measure 10 dimensions psychosocial determinants Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) models tested construct validity 69,984...
The Covid pandemic has yielded new insights into psychological vaccine acceptance factors. This knowledge serves as a basis for behavioral and communication interventions that can increase vaccination readiness other diseases.
This article elucidates and defines alternative psychotherapies, as well describing the variables that explain why some professional psychologists are prone to endorse these practices.First, novel concept of "Complementary Alternative Psychotherapies" (CAP) is defined within framework established hierarchy clinical evidence.Second, we report a literature review aid understanding main explaining clinicians prefer CAP.We rejection scientific reasoning, misconceptions about human nature,...
Objective. We introduce and report early-stage testing of a novel, multi-component intervention that can be used by health care professionals (HCPs) to address false or misleading anti-vaccination arguments while maintaining empathy for understanding people’s motivations believe misinformation: the “Empathetic Refutational Interview” (ERI).Methods. conducted four experiments in 2022 with participants who were predominantly negative on fence about vaccination (total n = 2,545) test steps...
Abstract People’s negative attitudes to vaccines can be motivated by psychological factors—such as fears, ideological beliefs, and cognitive patterns—known ‘attitude roots’. This study had two primary objectives: (1) identify which of 11 known attitude roots are featured in individuals’ self-expressed reasons for vaccine (i.e., a linguistic analysis); (2) explore how present texts linked specific measures. To achieve Objective 1, our collected data from December 2022 January 2023 556...
Theorists acknowledge that conspiracy beliefs represent an established psychological construct. The study of is important because allied ideation potentially influences everyday attitudes and behaviors across a range domains (i.e., cognitive, social, cross-cultural, political psychology). In this article, we analyze the internal structure construct validity Spanish adaptation Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS). Correlational confirmatory factor analyses using international sample 732...
Mandatory vaccinations are widely debated since they restrict individuals' autonomy in their health decisions.As healthcare professionals (HCPs) a common target group of vaccine mandates, and also form link between vaccination policies the public, understanding attitudes toward mandates is important.The present study investigated physicians' to COVID-19 four European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Portugal.An electronic survey assessing general (e.g.perceived safety, trust authorities,...