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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination intentions: Attitudes, institutional trust, fear, conspiracy beliefs, and vaccine skepticism
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Daniel Seddig
  • Dina Maskileyson
  • Eldad Davidov
  • Icek Ajzen
  • Peter Schmidt
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Social Science & Medicine
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0277-9536
Volume 302
Page Range 114981
Date 2022
Abstract Text Successful campaigns to combat the COVID-19 pandemic depend, in part, on people's willingness to be vaccinated. It is therefore critical to understand the factors that determine people's vaccination intentions. We applied a reasoned action approach - the theory of planned behavior - to explore these factors. We used data from an online survey of adults (18–74 years; n = 5044) conducted in Germany between April 9 and April 28, 2021 and found that attitudes toward getting vaccinated predicted vaccination intentions, while normative and control beliefs did not. In turn, positive attitudes toward getting vaccinated were supported by trust in science and fear of COVID-19 whereas negative attitudes were associated with acceptance of conspiracy theories and skepticism regarding vaccines in general. We advise policymakers, physicians, and health care providers to address vaccination hesitancy by emphasizing factors that support positive attitudes toward getting vaccinated, such as prevention of serious illness, death, and long-term health detriments, as opposed to exerting social pressure or pointing to the ease of getting vaccinated.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114981
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Keywords COVID-19, Theory of planned behavior, Vaccination intentions, Institutional trust, Fear of COVID-19, Conspiracy beliefs and denial of COVID-19, Skepticism toward vaccines