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Data on selective exposure to persuasive COMM's are critically reviewed in terms of the following hyp's: (1) COMM's mainly reach those who already agree with the position advocated; (2) people prefer supportive to nonsupportive information; (3) selectivity increases with greater cognitive dissonance; & (4) selectivity declines with greater confidence in one's own opinion. Most data support hypothesis (1), but the effect is minor & its documentation surprisingly weak. The evidence does not support the last 3 hyp's at all. Further res is advocated on factors that do affect exposure. Evidence on the effects of educ'al background, previous history of exposure, & information utility is discussed in this connection. AA.

Despite overwhelming evidence that vaccines are safe and effective, there has been a rise in vaccine hesitancy and refusal leading to increases in the incidence of communicable diseases. Importantly, providing scientific information about the benefits of vaccines has not been effective in counteracting anti-vaccination beliefs. Considering this, better identification of those likely to be vaccine hesitant and the underlying attitudes that predict these beliefs are needed to develop more effective strategies to combat anti-vaccination movements. Focusing on parents as the key decision makers in their childrens vaccination, the aim of this study is to better understand the demographic and attitudinal predictors of parental vaccine hesitancy. We recruited 484 parents using Amazon MTurk and queried their attitudes on childhood vaccination, level of education, age, religiosity, political affiliation, trust in medicine, and disgust sensitivity. We found three main demographic predictors for parental vaccine hesitancy: younger age, lower levels of education, and greater religiosity. We also found vaccine hesitant parents to have significantly less trust in physicians and greater disgust sensitivity. These results provide a clearer picture of vaccine hesitant parents and suggest future directions for more targeted research and public health messaging. ; Funding Agencies|Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Chair in Womens Brain Health and Aging [WJP150643]

Deviancy: The Psychology of Being Different discusses the effects of deviancy on behavior. The book describes the effect of deviancy per se, in no reference to any particular deviant characteristic. The authors explain the methods they used in this study, as well as some checks made on the study to insure accuracy. Deviants prefer to associate with others of their kind due to fear of rejection, and they tended not to reveal their deviancy. The authors also discuss how deviants and non-deviants react and treat each other, and the degree of aggression that will be shown to a member of either gro