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2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Psychological Distance to Science As a Predictor of Science Skepticism across Domains

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Social

  • Bojana Većkalov
    University of Amsterdam
  • Natalia Zarzeczna
    University of Amsterdam
  • Jonathon McPhetres
    Durham University
  • Frenk van Harreveld
    University of Amsterdam
  • Bastiaan Rutjens
    University of Amsterdam

Abstract

We develop and test psychological distance to science (PSYDISC) as a domain-general predictor of science skepticism. Across six studies, we show that PSYDISC contributes to science skepticism across domains (i.e., climate change, vaccination, evolution, genetic modification), as well as COVID-19 vaccination uptake.

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