Biased perceptions against female scientists affect intentions to get vaccinated for COVID-19

dc.authoridBaruh, Lemi/0000-0002-2797-242X
dc.authoridYıldırım, Kerem/0000-0002-2421-9109
dc.authoridKuru, Ozan/0000-0002-0485-1705
dc.authoridCARKOGLU, ALI/0000-0002-7656-0990
dc.authoridCemalcilar, Zeynep/0000-0002-0886-7982
dc.authorwosidBaruh, Lemi/ITR-8062-2023
dc.authorwosidYıldırım, Kerem/AAA-3779-2019
dc.authorwosidCARKOGLU, ALI/X-2869-2018
dc.contributor.authorDogan, Isminaz
dc.contributor.authorBaruh, Lemi
dc.contributor.authorCemalcilar, Zeynep
dc.contributor.authorKuru, Ozan
dc.contributor.authorYildirim, Kerem
dc.contributor.authorCarkoglu, Ali
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T15:12:29Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T15:12:29Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.department-temp[Dogan, Isminaz] Koc Univ, Psychol Dept, TR-34450 Istanbul, Turkey; [Baruh, Lemi] Koc Univ, Coll Social Sci & Humanities, Istanbul, Turkey; [Cemalcilar, Zeynep] Koc Univ, Dept Psychol, Coll Social Sci & Humanities, Istanbul, Turkey; [Kuru, Ozan] Natl Univ Singapore, Digital Media, Dept Commun & New Media, Singapore, Singapore; [Kuru, Ozan] Natl Univ Singapore, Ctr Trusted Internet & Community, Singapore, Singapore; [Yildirim, Kerem] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Polit Sci & Publ Adm, Istanbul, Turkey; [Carkoglu, Ali] Koc Univ, Int Relat Dept, Istanbul, Turkeyen_US
dc.description.abstractBased on role congruity theory, we investigated how gender bias may influence public attitudes toward the vaccine in Turkey. Using a between-subjects design, we tested whether an emphasis on the female versus the male scientist as the vaccine's inventor in a news story influenced attitudes about the BioNTech vaccine and vaccination intentions. Partly confirming role congruity theory, three-way interaction results from 665 participants demonstrated that among male participants with a stronger belief in traditional gender roles (compared to males with lower belief), the presence of the female inventor, either by herself or together with the male inventor, decreased the perceived efficacy and safety of the vaccine and reduced intentions to be vaccinated by the BioNTech vaccine. We did not observe such differences for women. These findings highlight how gender bias may influence individuals' information processing and decision making in a way that may have negative consequences for public health.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [120K438]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was conducted as a part of a larger research project supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (Project number: 120K438).en_US
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/09636625211060472en_US
dc.identifier.endpage251en_US
dc.identifier.issn0963-6625
dc.identifier.issn1361-6609
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid34847812en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85120567929en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage239en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/09636625211060472
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5459
dc.identifier.volume31en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000725695300001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.khas20231019-WoSen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofPublic Understanding of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGender-GapEn_Us
dc.subjectWomen ScientistsEn_Us
dc.subjectSex-DifferencesEn_Us
dc.subjectScienceEn_Us
dc.subjectCommunicationEn_Us
dc.subjectRolesEn_Us
dc.subjectGender-Gap
dc.subjectWomen Scientists
dc.subjectcovid vaccinationen_US
dc.subjectSex-Differences
dc.subjectgender biasen_US
dc.subjectScience
dc.subjectgender and scienceen_US
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectmedia representationsen_US
dc.subjectRoles
dc.subjectrole congruity theoryen_US
dc.titleBiased perceptions against female scientists affect intentions to get vaccinated for COVID-19en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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