A randomized controlled trial of empathetic refutational learning with health care professionals
Brief empathetic refutational interview text scenarios can increase health care professionals' use of affirmations when discussing vaccines with patients. Additional materials are needed to efficiently teach refutations of attitude roots.
Authors
- Stephan Lewandowsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1655-2013)
- Virginia C. Gould
- Anna Soveri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-6097)
- Linda C. Karlsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-9153)
- Karl Otto Mäki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4643-9724)
- Dawn Liu Holford
Institutions
- Åbo Akademi University (FI)
- University of Turku (FI)
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- University of Bristol (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21787-4
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.36
Funders
- European Commission
- Academy of Finland
- Turun Yliopisto
- Horizon 2020