Coronavirus-Related Searches on the Internet Predict COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in the Real World: A Behavioral Immune System Perspective.

IF 4.3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Psychological and Personality Science Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Epub Date: 2022-08-02 DOI:10.1177/19485506221106012

Mac Zewei Ma, Shengquan Ye

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Abstract

According to the smoke detector and functional flexibility principles of human behavioral immune system (BIS), the exposure to COVID-19 cues could motivate vaccine uptake. Using the tool of Google Trends, we tested that coronavirus-related searches-which assessed natural exposure to COVID-19 cues-would positively predict actual vaccination rates. As expected, coronavirus-related searches positively and significantly predicted vaccination rates in the United States (Study 1a) and across the globe (Study 2a) after accounting for a range of covariates. The stationary time series analyses with covariates and autocorrelation structure of the dependent variable confirmed that more coronavirus-related searches compared with last week indicated increases in vaccination rates compared with last week in the United States (Study 1b) and across the globe (Study 2b). With real-time web search data, psychological scientists could test their research questions in real-life settings and at a large scale to expand the ecological validity and generalizability of the findings.

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互联网上与冠状病毒相关的搜索可预测现实世界中的 COVID-19 疫苗接种率：行为免疫系统视角》。

根据人类行为免疫系统（BIS）的烟雾探测器和功能灵活性原理，接触 COVID-19 提示可促进疫苗接种。利用谷歌趋势工具，我们测试了冠状病毒相关搜索（评估 COVID-19 线索的自然暴露）是否会积极预测实际疫苗接种率。不出所料，在考虑了一系列协变量后，冠状病毒相关搜索对美国的疫苗接种率（研究 1a）和全球的疫苗接种率（研究 2a）具有积极而显著的预测作用。带有协变量和因变量自相关结构的静态时间序列分析证实，在美国（研究 1b）和全球（研究 2b），与上周相比，与冠状病毒相关的搜索次数越多，表明疫苗接种率越高。有了实时网络搜索数据，心理科学家就可以在现实生活中大规模地测试他们的研究问题，从而扩大研究结果的生态有效性和普遍性。

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Social Psychological and Personality Science PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Social Psychological and Personality Science (SPPS) is a distinctive journal in the fields of social and personality psychology that focuses on publishing brief empirical study reports, typically limited to 5000 words. The journal's mission is to disseminate research that significantly contributes to the advancement of social psychological and personality science. It welcomes submissions that introduce new theories, present empirical data, propose innovative methods, or offer a combination of these elements. SPPS also places a high value on replication studies, giving them serious consideration regardless of whether they confirm or challenge the original findings, with a particular emphasis on replications of studies initially published in SPPS. The journal is committed to a rapid review and publication process, ensuring that research can swiftly enter the scientific discourse and become an integral part of ongoing academic conversations.