Knowing less but presuming more: Dunning-Kruger effects and the endorsement of anti-vaccine policy attitudes

Matthew Motta, Timothy Callaghan and Steven Sylvester

Social Science & Medicine, 2018, vol. 211, issue C, 274-281

Abstract: Although the benefits of vaccines are widely recognized by medical experts, public opinion about vaccination policies is mixed. We analyze public opinion about vaccination policies to assess whether Dunning-Kruger effects can help to explain anti-vaccination policy attitudes.

Keywords: Vaccines; Dunning-kruger effects; Anti-vax; Political psychology; Health policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.06.032

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