The scientistic worldview and its relationships with fear of COVID, conspiracy beliefs, preventive behaviors, and attitudes towards vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Polish sample

Background The scientistic worldview is characterized by the tendency to justify beliefs and behavior with scientific findings function on basis of theorems opinions formulated scientists. aim this study was test whether attitudes typical for could be related behaviors that may reduce risk contracting spreading COVID-19. Participants procedure conducted a Polish sample 1286 participants, using an online survey platform. were asked complete questionnaires measure towards vaccines COVID-19, worldview, fear COVID, conspiracy about COVID-19 pandemic, preventive undertaken. also their personal experiences pandemic. Results showed associated higher level con-tainment-related behavior, lower more positive atti-tudes vaccination against A structural model relations between studied variables turned out very effective explained 51% variance containment-related 63% vaccines. Conclusions found weakly during pandemic but significantly correlated psychological variables. results suggest positive, science adherence science-based public health recommendations.