PERSONALITY TRAITS AND COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS IN SLOVAKIA: THE ROLE OF TRUST IN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS, AND COVID-19 PSEUDO-SCIENCE AND CONSPIRACY

• Authors: Halama Peter
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present study focuses on the Big Five personality traits as predictors of COVID-19 vaccination status in the population of Slovakia. The sample consisted of 1838 inhabitants of Slovakia (47% men, 53% women, mean age 45.41 years) recruited through an online panel of a research agency. Participants were administered the Big Five personality test BFI-2-S, and items regarding vaccine pseudo-science, conspiracy beliefs, and trust in medical institutions. They also reported their COVID-19 vaccination status. The results showed that after controlling for gender, age, education, and social status, agreeableness and negative emotionality predicted the vaccination status; in both cases, lower levels of the trait predicted not being vaccinated. The effect of agreeableness on vaccination status was mediated by low levels of COVID-19 pseudo-science and conspiracy beliefs and higher trust in medical institutions.

Keywords

EN

COVID-19; VACCINATION; BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS; PSEUDO-SCIENCE; CONSPIRACY; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 8 - 23

Contributors

author

Halama Peter

• Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Science, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6938-4845

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2025.01.908