Inoculation Theory of Resistance to Influence at Maturity: Recent Progress In Theory Development and Application and Suggestions for Future Research

By J. Compton, Michael Pfau. 2005

171 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory

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In Applied Psychology

1. S. van der Linden
2. J. Roozenbeek
3. J. Compton

In Clinical Psychology

1. S. van der Linden
2. J. Roozenbeek

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. S. van der Linden
2. J. Roozenbeek
3. Melisa Basol
4. J. Compton
5. Thomas Nygren
6. Stephan Lewandowsky

Citations in the corpus

• Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation (2021, background): “…psychological inoculation literature, the inoculation process commonly consists of two elements: (1) a forewarning – which elicits threat and motivation to defend one’s attitudes – and (2) a pre-emptive refutation (or ‘prebunk’) of the persuasive arguments (Compton, 2013; Compton and Pfau, 2005).”
• Combatting climate change misinformation: Evidence for longevity of inoculation and consensus messaging effects (2020, unknown): “One potential avenue to explore is to combine the consensus message with inoculation “booster” sessions (Compton & Pfau, 2005; McGuire, 1961).”
• Boosting the Potency of Resistance: Combining the Motivational Forces of Inoculation and Psychological Reactance. (2013, background): “According to McGuire (1962), threat, ‘‘the most distinguishing feature of inoculation’’ (Pfau, 1997, p. 137), is a requisite construct within the process of inoculation (Compton & Pfau, 2005).”
• Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformation (2020, background): “…process by playing a game—as opposed to subjecting them to a more passive reading exercise—has the potential advantage of increasing retention in memory and increasing the longevity of in the inoculation effect (Compton & Pfau, 2005; Maertens et al., 2020; Roozenbeek & van der Linden, 2019).”