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Jab my arm, not my morality: Perceived moral reproach as a barrier to COVID-19 vaccine uptake

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  • Rosenfeld, Daniel L.
  • Tomiyama, A. Janet

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Vaccinating the public against COVID-19 is critical for pandemic recovery, yet a large proportion of people remain unwilling to get vaccinated. Beyond known factors like perceived vaccine safety or COVID-19 risk, an overlooked sentiment contributing to vaccine hesitancy may rest in moral cognition. Specifically, we theorize that a factor fueling hesitancy is perceived moral reproach: the feeling, among unvaccinated people, that vaccinated people are judging them as immoral.

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  • Rosenfeld, Daniel L. & Tomiyama, A. Janet, 2022. "Jab my arm, not my morality: Perceived moral reproach as a barrier to COVID-19 vaccine uptake," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 294(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:294:y:2022:i:c:s0277953622000028
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114699
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