Fear trumps the common good: Psychological antecedents of vaccination attitudes and behaviour
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F22%3A00126078" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/22:00126078 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691822001214?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691822001214?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103606" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103606</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fear trumps the common good: Psychological antecedents of vaccination attitudes and behaviour
Original language description
The study investigated antecedents of attitudes towards vaccines against COVID-19 and vaccination behaviour, and sought to identify areas where interventions aimed at increasing vaccination rates would be most effective. A sample of 500 Slovaks (250 women) responded to questions concerning their socio-demographic and personality characteristics, collectivism and individualism, consciousness of future consequences, and emotional responses to both vaccination and the pandemic. The study indicates that helplessness related to the vaccine efficacy evaluation and fear of its potential risks are the strongest antecedents of vaccination behaviour and anti-vaccination attitudes. Jointly with the fear of the COVID-19, they explained over 26% and 33% of variance in behaviour and attitudes, respectively. The results indicate that the efficiency of appeals to solidarity may be limited when fear and helplessness are widespread as they seem to strongly outweigh individuals' outward motivations to get vaccinated.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA
ISSN
0001-6918
e-ISSN
1873-6297
Volume of the periodical
227
Issue of the periodical within the volume
July
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
1-6
UT code for WoS article
000798197500005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85129343762