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The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing

07.09.21 | PLOS

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The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing
Measuring latent scientific trust in the mass public. A: Latent scientific trust as measured by factor analysis. B: Distribution of latent scientific trust by race. Credit: Kazemian et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0)

Trust in science - but not trust in politicians or the media - significantly raises support across US racial groups for COVID-19 social distancing.

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Article Title: The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing measures in the United States

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0254127

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0254127

Keywords

Covid 19 Social Distancing Social Media

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0254127

Contact Information

Sam Fuller
sjfuller@ucdavis.edu

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2021, July 9). The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LVDWQNXL/the-role-of-race-and-scientific-trust-on-support-for-covid-19-social-distancing.html
MLA:
"The role of race and scientific trust on support for COVID-19 social distancing." Brightsurf News, Jul. 9 2021, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LVDWQNXL/the-role-of-race-and-scientific-trust-on-support-for-covid-19-social-distancing.html.