Exposure to the Death of Others during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Growing Mistrust in Medical Institutions as a Result of Personal Loss
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Procedures and Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Interaction Effect of Death Exposure and CDC Adherence on Medical Mistrust
4.2. Main Effects of Death Exposure on Safety Measures
4.3. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Covid Public Policy | Vaccination Status(Logistic) | CDC Guideline Adherence | Medical Mistrust | |
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b (SE) | b (SE) | b (SE) | b (SE) | |
Age | −0.00 (0.00) | −0.01 (0.01) | −0.00 (.000) | −0.00 (0.00) |
Gender | 0.09 (0.10) | −0.32 (0.29) | 0.22 (0.07) * | −0.02 (0.06) |
Race | 0.13 (0.11) | −0.61 (0.33) | 0.10 (0.08) | 0.18 (0.08) |
Ethnicity | −0.26 (0.15) | −0.71 (0.43) | −0.03 (0.11) | 0.05 (0.10) |
Socioeconomic status | −0.06 (0.03) * | 0.31 (0.08) ** | −0.02 (0.02) | −0.06 (0.02) * |
Perceived discrimination | −0.09 (0.05) | −0.14 (0.14) | −0.06 (0.04) | 0.98 (0.03) * |
Death exposure | 0.24 (0.12) * | 0.92 (0.41) * | 0.17 (0.08) * | 0.03 (0.08) |
F-value (7, 275)/chi-square | 2.66 * | 30.41 ** | 3.25 * | 5.05 ** |
Variance explained (R²) | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
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Gully, B.J.; Padovano, H.T.; Clark, S.E.; Muro, G.J.; Monnig, M.A. Exposure to the Death of Others during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Growing Mistrust in Medical Institutions as a Result of Personal Loss. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 999. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13120999
Gully BJ, Padovano HT, Clark SE, Muro GJ, Monnig MA. Exposure to the Death of Others during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Growing Mistrust in Medical Institutions as a Result of Personal Loss. Behavioral Sciences. 2023; 13(12):999. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13120999
Chicago/Turabian StyleGully, Brian J., Hayley Treloar Padovano, Samantha E. Clark, Gabriel J. Muro, and Mollie A. Monnig. 2023. "Exposure to the Death of Others during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Growing Mistrust in Medical Institutions as a Result of Personal Loss" Behavioral Sciences 13, no. 12: 999. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13120999