¿Las personas más religiosas están menos dispuestas a vacunarse contra el COVID-19?

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https://doi.org/10.29344/2318650X.2.3244

Resumen

Algunos investigadores han estudiado si la religión es una de las causas de la resistencia a vacunarse contra el COVID-19 en algunas personas, pero los datos publicados son contradictorios. Este estudio pretendía determinar si la intención de vacunarse podía predecirse en función de la religiosidad de los participantes, controlando variables como la orientación política y la confianza en los científicos. Los participantes en el estudio fueron 270 brasileños, que utilizaron una plataforma en línea para responder. La intención de vacunarse se evaluó mediante el ítem "Cuando se ofrezca la vacuna Covid-19, ¿se vacunará?", cuyas opciones de respuesta oscilaban entre "1 - Definitivamente no" y "5 - Definitivamente sí". La actividad religiosa organizativa (ORA), la actividad religiosa no organizativa (NORA) y la religiosidad intrínseca (IR) se evaluaron mediante la Escala de Religión de Duke (DUREL). A diferencia de NORA e IR, los participantes que tenían niveles más altos de ORA estaban menos dispuestos a vacunarse. Se discuten los posibles mecanismos que explican estos hallazgos.

Biografía del autor/a

Daniel Foschetti Gontijo, Faculdade Pitágoras

Pitagoras College, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Laura de Siqueira Castro, Federal University of Sao Paulo

Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Felipe Carvalho Novaes , Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pedro Henrique de Faria Sampaio, Federal University of Espirito Santo

Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil.

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2023-01-13

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Gontijo, D. F. ., Castro, L. de S. ., Novaes , F. C. ., & Sampaio, P. H. de F. . (2023). ¿Las personas más religiosas están menos dispuestas a vacunarse contra el COVID-19?. Revista Sul-Americana De Psicologia, 10(2), 79–90. https://doi.org/10.29344/2318650X.2.3244