Publications

Key publications:

Mar-24: The Empathetic Refutational Interview to tackle vaccine misconceptions: four randomised experiments

In this key publication we describe the four steps of the Empathetic Refutational Interview and the research findings that demonstrate the importance of each step.

Dawn Holford, Philipp Schmid, Angelo Fasce, Stephan Lewandowsky

Jul-23: A Taxonomy of Anti-Vaccination Arguments: Systematic Literature Review and Text Modeling

In this publication we describe the development and validation of a taxonomy for arguments expressed against vaccination, classified according to their underlying psychological attitude roots.

Angelo Fasce, Philipp Schmid, Dawn L. Holford, Luke Bates, Iryna Gurevych & Stephan Lewandowsky

Publications list:

A field test of empathetic refutational and motivational interviewing to address vaccine hesitancy among patients Jul-25 This paper reports on field tests of ERI and MI training in Romania and shows that both improved HCPs’ skills and increased vaccine appointment bookings with ERI training the most effective at helping GPs improve their patients’ vaccine attitudes and willingness to vaccinate.
Healthcare Professionals’ Emotions of Distance and Connection When Dealing With Patients’ Vaccine Hesitancy: Interaction Styles, Values, and Implications April-25 Here we investigate the types of emotions that health workers feel and their styles of interaction in conversations with patients with concerns about vaccination
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Empathetic Refutational Learning with Health Care Professionals Feb-25 Here we show show that online self-study has only a limited effect on developing healthcare professionals’ skills, underscoring the importance of providing active training in the use of the ERI.
Association of the Belief in Conspiracy Narratives with Vaccination Status and Recommendation Behaviours of German Physicians Oct-24 In this publication we show that vaccination recommendation behaviours in German physicians is associated with their belief in conspiracy narratives.
Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of challenges in vaccine communication and training needs: A qualitative study Jul-24 Here we describe our findings on healthcare professionals’ perceptions of vaccine communication training, the support they receive, and their needs for training.
Identifying the underlying psychological constructs from self-expressed anti-vaccination argumentation Jul-24 In this study we build on the taxonomy of arguments against vaccination and show that the attitude roots can be grouped into related clusters.
Testing psychological inoculation to reduce reactance to vaccine-related communication Mar-24 This publication discusses the difficulty of addressing reactance as an attitude root in mass communication and how message framing may be important.
Difficulties faced by physicians from four European countries in rebutting anti-vaccination arguments: A cross-sectional study Mar-24 Here we describe the difficulties that physicians of different countries face when addressing arguments against vaccination that stem from different psychological attitude roots, and how those arguments that relate to a wider sociopolitical context may be harder to deal with.
Healthcare professionals’ attitudes to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination: Cross-sectional survey data from four European countries Sep-23 In this publication we discuss physicians attitudes to mandatory vaccination and the reasons for these.
International adaptation and validation of the Pro-VC-Be: measuring the psychosocial determinants of vaccine confidence in healthcare professionals in European countries Aug-23 Here we describe the adaptation and validation of the Pro-VC-Be survey tool for an international audience.
Endorsement of alternative medicine and vaccine hesitancy among physicians: A cross-sectional study in four European countries Aug-23 In this publication we show that healthcare professionals’ endorsement of complementary and alternative medicine correlates with reduced recommendation of vaccination.
Psychological profiles of anti-vaccination argument endorsement Jul-23 Here we show how personality traits are linked to the endorsement of arguments against vaccination.
When Science Becomes Embroiled in Conflict: Recognizing the Public’s Need for Debate while Combating Conspiracies and Misinformation May-22 In this review we discuss the need to acknowledge underlying truths whilst addressing misinformation that twists these truths.
An instrument to measure psychosocial determinants of health care professionals’ vaccination behavior: Validation of the Pro-VC-Be questionnaire Apr-22 Here we describe the validation of the Pro-VC-Be survey tool which measures healthcare professionals’ attitudes to and behaviours around vaccination.
Vaccine hesitancy in health-care providers in Western countries: a narrative review Mar-22 In this publication we discuss how healthcare professionals may have the same concerns about vaccinations as their patients.