DataSheet1_Scientific Literacy Linked to Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccinations: A Pre-Registered Study.docx

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which began in early 2020, is a global public health crisis. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is necessary to promote vaccine administration and preventive behaviors (e.g., mask, handwashing, social distancing). However, some people have negative attitudes toward vaccine administration and preventive behaviors. Based on the information-deficit model, the present study investigated how scientific literacy and perceived understanding of COVID-19 are associated with attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations and preventive behaviors. The findings demonstrated that both scientific literacy and perceived understanding of COVID-19 vaccines were positively associated with attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally, perceived understanding of COVID-19 preventive behaviors (but not scientific literacy) was positively associated with attitudes toward/practice of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Collectively, our findings revealed the role of cognitive factors in preventing the global public health crisis and demonstrated the roles of objective and subjective knowledge on attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations and preventive behaviors.

自2020年初爆发的新冠肺炎疫情，已成为一场全球性的公共卫生危机。为了防止新冠肺炎的传播，推广疫苗接种和预防措施（例如佩戴口罩、手部清洁、保持社交距离）显得尤为必要。然而，部分人群对疫苗接种和预防措施持有负面态度。基于信息不足模型，本研究探讨了科学素养和新冠肺炎的认知理解与对疫苗接种及预防措施的态度之间的关联。研究结果证实，科学素养和对新冠肺炎疫苗的认知理解均与对疫苗接种的态度呈正相关。此外，对新冠肺炎预防措施的认知理解（而非科学素养）与对预防措施的态度或实践呈正相关。总体而言，我们的研究揭示了认知因素在预防全球公共卫生危机中的作用，并展示了客观知识与主观知识在影响对新冠肺炎疫苗接种和预防措施态度上的作用。