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DOI	10.1177/01461672211023652
	Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning
	Pennycook, Gordon; McPhetres, Jonathon; Bago, Bence; Rand, David G.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0146-1672
EISSN	1552-7433
起始页码	750
结束页码	765
卷号	48 期号:5
英文摘要	What are the psychological consequences of the increasingly politicized nature of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States relative to similar Western countries? In a two-wave study completed early (March) and later (December) in the pandemic, we found that polarization was greater in the United States (N = 1,339) than in Canada (N = 644) and the United Kingdom. (N = 1,283). Political conservatism in the United States was strongly associated with engaging in weaker mitigation behaviors, lower COVID-19 risk perceptions, greater misperceptions, and stronger vaccination hesitancy. Although there was some evidence that cognitive sophistication was associated with increased polarization in the United States in December (but not March), cognitive sophistication was nonetheless consistently negatively correlated with misperceptions and vaccination hesitancy across time, countries, and party lines. Furthermore, COVID-19 skepticism in the United States was strongly correlated with distrust in liberal-leaning mainstream news outlets and trust in conservative-leaning news outlets, suggesting that polarization may be driven by differences in information environments.
英文关键词	COVID-19; motivated reasoning; political polarization; cognitive reflection; attitudes
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Psychology, Social
WOS类目	Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
WOS记录号	WOS:000676857000001
来源期刊	PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/281427
作者单位	University of Regina; Durham University; Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pennycook, Gordon,McPhetres, Jonathon,Bago, Bence,et al. Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning[J],2022,48(5).
APA	Pennycook, Gordon,McPhetres, Jonathon,Bago, Bence,&Rand, David G..(2022).Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning.PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN,48(5).
MLA	Pennycook, Gordon,et al."Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning".PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 48.5(2022).