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The current study contributes to answering this question by examining multiple predictors of COVID\u201019 vaccination refusal in Sweden. We further explore how these predictors are associated with anti\u2010vaccination attitudes and to what extent anti\u2010vaccination attitudes mediate the association with vaccination refusal. Using original survey data from 1293 Swedish citizens analyzed with structural equation modeling, we examined whether anti\u2010vaccination attitudes accounted for associations between contrarian worldviews (e.g., conspiracy mentality, climate change denial), political orientations (e.g., right\u2010wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation), psychological dispositions (e.g., need for cognitive closure, need to belong), and demographic factors with COVID\u201019 vaccination refusal in Sweden. 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