Intentions to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19: The Role of Prosociality and Conspiracy Beliefs across 20 Countries
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In: Health Communication, Vol. 38, No. 8, 01.08.2023, p. 1530-1539.
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T1 - Intentions to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19
T2 - The Role of Prosociality and Conspiracy Beliefs across 20 Countries
AU - Enea, Violeta
AU - Eisenbeck, Nikolett
AU - Carreno, David F.
AU - Douglas, Karen M.
AU - Sutton, Robbie M.
AU - Agostini, Maximilian
AU - Bélanger, Jocelyn J.
AU - Gützkow, Ben
AU - Kreienkamp, Jannis
AU - Abakoumkin, Georgios
AU - Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum
AU - Ahmedi, Vjollca
AU - Akkas, Handan
AU - Almenara, Carlos A.
AU - Atta, Mohsin
AU - Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem
AU - Basel, Sima
AU - Berisha Kida, Edona
AU - Bernardo, Allan B.I.
AU - Buttrick, Nicholas R.
AU - Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
AU - Choi, Hoon Seok
AU - Cristea, Mioara
AU - Csaba, Sára
AU - Damnjanovic, Kaja
AU - Danyliuk, Ivan
AU - Dash, Arobindu
AU - Di Santo, Daniela
AU - Faller, Daiane Gracieli
AU - Fitzsimons, Gavan
AU - Gheorghiu, Alexandra
AU - Gómez, Ángel
AU - Grzymala-Moszczynska, Joanna
AU - Hamaidia, Ali
AU - Han, Qing
AU - Helmy, Mai
AU - Hudiyana, Joevarian
AU - Jeronimus, Bertus F.
AU - Jiang, Ding Yu
AU - Jovanović, Veljko
AU - Kamenov, Željka
AU - Kende, Anna
AU - Keng, Shian Ling
AU - Kieu, Tra Thi Thanh
AU - Koc, Yasin
AU - Kovyazina, Kamila
AU - Kozytska, Inna
AU - Krause, Joshua
AU - Kruglanski, Arie W.
AU - Kurapov, Anton
AU - Kutlaca, Maja
AU - Lantos, Nóra Anna
AU - Lemay, Edward P.
AU - Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus Jaya
AU - Louis, Winnifred R.
AU - Lueders, Adrian
AU - Malik, Najma Iqbal
AU - Martinez, Anton
AU - McCabe, Kira O.
AU - Mehulić, Jasmina
AU - Milla, Mirra Noor
AU - Mohammed, Idris
AU - Molinario, Erica
AU - Moyano, Manuel
AU - Muhammad, Hayat
AU - Mula, Silvana
AU - Muluk, Hamdi
AU - Myroniuk, Solomiia
AU - Najafi, Reza
AU - Nisa, Claudia F.
AU - Nyúl, Boglárka
AU - O’Keefe, Paul A.
AU - Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas
AU - Osin, Evgeny N.
AU - Park, Joonha
AU - Pica, Gennaro
AU - Pierro, Antonio
AU - Rees, Jonas
AU - Reitsema, Anne Margit
AU - Resta, Elena
AU - Rullo, Marika
AU - Ryan, Michelle K.
AU - Samekin, Adil
AU - Santtila, Pekka
AU - Sasin, Edyta
AU - Schumpe, Birga M.
AU - Selim, Heyla A.
AU - Stanton, Michael Vicente
AU - Sultana, Samiah
AU - Tseliou, Eleftheria
AU - Utsugi, Akira
AU - van Breen, Jolien Anne
AU - Van Lissa, Caspar J.
AU - Van Veen, Kees
AU - vanDellen, Michelle R.
AU - Vázquez, Alexandra
AU - Wollast, Robin
AU - Yeung, Victoria Wai Lan
AU - Zand, Somayeh
AU - Žeželj, Iris Lav
AU - Zheng, Bang
AU - Zick, Andreas
AU - Zúñiga, Claudia
AU - Leander, N. Pontus
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2023/8/1
Y1 - 2023/8/1
N2 - Understanding the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake is important to inform policy decisions and plan vaccination campaigns. The aims of this research were to: (1) explore the individual- and country-level determinants of intentions to be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and (2) examine worldwide variation in vaccination intentions. This cross-sectional online survey was conducted during the first wave of the pandemic, involving 6697 respondents across 20 countries. Results showed that 72.9% of participants reported positive intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19, whereas 16.8% were undecided, and 10.3% reported they would not be vaccinated. At the individual level, prosociality was a significant positive predictor of vaccination intentions, whereas generic beliefs in conspiracy theories and religiosity were negative predictors. Country-level determinants, including cultural dimensions of individualism/collectivism and power distance, were not significant predictors of vaccination intentions. Altogether, this study identifies individual-level predictors that are common across multiple countries, provides further evidence on the importance of combating conspiracy theories, involving religious institutions in vaccination campaigns, and stimulating prosocial motives to encourage vaccine uptake.
AB - Understanding the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake is important to inform policy decisions and plan vaccination campaigns. The aims of this research were to: (1) explore the individual- and country-level determinants of intentions to be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and (2) examine worldwide variation in vaccination intentions. This cross-sectional online survey was conducted during the first wave of the pandemic, involving 6697 respondents across 20 countries. Results showed that 72.9% of participants reported positive intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19, whereas 16.8% were undecided, and 10.3% reported they would not be vaccinated. At the individual level, prosociality was a significant positive predictor of vaccination intentions, whereas generic beliefs in conspiracy theories and religiosity were negative predictors. Country-level determinants, including cultural dimensions of individualism/collectivism and power distance, were not significant predictors of vaccination intentions. Altogether, this study identifies individual-level predictors that are common across multiple countries, provides further evidence on the importance of combating conspiracy theories, involving religious institutions in vaccination campaigns, and stimulating prosocial motives to encourage vaccine uptake.
KW - Health sciences
KW - Sociology
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U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2021.2018179
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2021.2018179
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 35081848
AN - SCOPUS:85124147547
VL - 38
SP - 1530
EP - 1539
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
SN - 1041-0236
IS - 8
ER -