The Impact of Trust in Science on COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes: Parallel Mediation Through Conspiracy Beliefs and General Vaccine Hesitancy

These results point out 2 separate psychological routes connecting scientific confidence to vac cination acceptance. General vaccine attitudes could be more profound and lasting than crisis-specific ones. This paper provides theoretical and practical insights for creating long-term public health strategies that fos ter trust and combat both misinformation and deep-seated vaccine skepticism by using a parallel mediation approach in the sociocultural setting of Türkiye. Cite this article as: Kara S, Hatipoğlu SS, Arslanoglu NZ, Erdogan Z. The impact of trust in science on COVID-19 vaccine attitudes: parallel mediation through conspiracy beliefs and general vaccine hesitancy. Eurasian J Med. 2025, 57(4), 1024, doi:10.5152/eurasianjmed.2025.251024.