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- COVID‐19 vaccination acceptance: A case of interplay between political and health dimensionsPublication . DA SILVA LIMA, KALINE; Bú, Emerson Do; Dantas Silva, Washington Allysson; P. Miranda, Mariana; Pereira, C.R.Vaccines are essential for the eradication of diseases. Yet for many reasons, individuals do not embrace them completely. In the COVID- 19 pandemic and with the possibility of the Brazilian population’s immunization against the disease, both political and health- related dimensions might have had a role in individual COVID- 19 vaccination acceptance. In two studies (n = 974), we tested the hypothesis that participants’ vaccination acceptance is related to their past vote in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election (being or not being a Jair Bolsonaro voter) and their different levels of perceived vulnerability to disease (PVD). We further tested whether Bolsonaro’s opposition or ambiguous messages towards vaccination (vs. control) increased vaccination rejection among those who have (vs. have not) voted for him and who are low (vs. high) in PVD. Results show that Bolsonaro (vs. non- Bolsonaro) voters accepted less vaccination, with higher rejection rates when participants expressed low (vs. high) PVD. Also, when primed either with Bolsonaro’s opposed or ambiguous messages towards COVID- 19 vaccination, such participants accepted less vaccines (vs. participants primed with neutral information). These findings are the first to show that the COVID- 19 vaccine acceptance is related to their past vote and leadership influence but also different levels of perceived vulnerability to disease.
- Back to basics: Human rights violations and dehumanizationPublication . Zlobina, Anna; Bettinsoli, Maria Laura; Miranda, Mariana P.; Formanowicz, MagdalenaThis article positions dehumanization within a broader framework of social inequality and specifically of human rights (HR) violations. We first introduce the link between the denial of HR and dehumanization. We then focus on the bidirectionality between HR violation and dehumanization considering dehumanization both as an antecedent and a consequence of the HR violation. We conclude with possible strategies aiming at social change based on group intentions to claim their HR.
- Crime Stereotypicality and Severity Database (CriSSD): Subjective norms for 63 crimesPublication . Freitas, Gonçalo; Miranda, Mariana P.; Costa-Lopes, RuiThe existence of crime-related racial stereotypes has been well documented. People tend to associate certain groups with specifc crimes, which, in turn, impacts criminal-sentencing decisions through the perceptions of crime severity. This evidence calls for regular updating of rating norms combining these variables. With this objective, and given that most of the normative studies provide norms for a small number of crimes and/or with an insufcient number of participants, a new norming study was conducted. Furthermore, norms from European countries are absent, and the existing ones (mostly with USA-based populations) do not simultaneously examine crime stereotypicality and crime severity. The Crime Stereotypicality and Severity Database (CriSSD) presents normative ratings for a set of 63 crimes on three dimensions: White stereotypicality, Black stereotypicality, and crime severity. The crimes were selected according to a comprehensive procedure. A total of 340 Portuguese participants (72.6% female; Mage=26.86, SD=7.65) answered an online survey. Each crime was evaluated by a range of 46–60 participants. Data allowed us to identify a crime typology with three clusters. We present descriptive data (means, standard deviations, and 95% confdence intervals) for each crime. Crime evaluations were associated with sociodemographic characteristics. Additionally, this study gives input regarding the understudied link between crime stereotypes and crime severity, showing that crime severity is predicted by ratings of both Black and White stereotypicality. The CriSSD (available at osf.io/gkbrm) provides a valuable resource for researchers in the feld of social psychology to conduct studies with controlled materials on potential disparities in criminal-sentencing decisions.