APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Political Orientation Predicts the Use of Conventional and Alternative Medicine: A Survey Study of 19 European Countries
- Jussi Valtonen
University of the Arts Helsinki - Ville-Juhani Ilmarinen
University of Helsinki, Finland - Jan-Erik Lönnqvist
University of Helsinki
Abstract
We investigated whether political orientation (PO) predicts the use of conventional (CM) and complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) across 19 European countries (N=20,592; ESS round 7). Of five political-ideological PO dimensions (left-right general; l-r economical; Gal-Tan; anti-elite; anti-corruption), anti-corruption PO predicted CM and CAM use, and Gal-Tan predicted CAM use.
Politics
