Correcting Misinformed Vaccine Policy Attitudes: Using Psychological Risk Factors for Effective Communication

• In Event: Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities in Public Policy

Brief Overview

Exposure to corrective information targeting psychological traits that predict vaccine skepticism can make people higher in these traits less skeptical of pro-vaccine policies.

Authors

• Kristin Kay Lunz Trujillo, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Matthew Motta, Oklahoma State University

• Timothy Herbert Callaghan, Texas A & M University-College Station

• Steven Michael Sylvester, Utah Valley University