Fear trumps the common good
Psychological antecedents of vaccination attitudes and behaviour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21284034 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Magdalena Adamus (0000-0001-5317-0415, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Vladimíra Čavojová (0000-0002-7295-8803, Slovak Academy of Sciences), Eva Ballová Mikušková (0000-0002-9162-7735, Slovak Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 227 |
| Pages | 103606 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Psychologica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-6918 • E-ISSN: 1873-6297 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103606 |
| PMID | 35524994 |
| OpenAlex | W4225407839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 24 |
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
Collectivism · Individualism · Learned helplessness · Personality · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Solidarity · Vaccination · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Immunology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |