How does nudging the Covid-19 vaccine play out in people who are in doubt about vaccination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21467987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denise De Ridder (0000-0002-8237-9506, Utrecht University, corresponding author), Marieke A Adriaanse (0000-0002-2218-4723, Leiden University Medical Center), Marieke Adriaanse, Laurens Van Gestel (0000-0002-2461-4301, Leiden University), Jonas Wachner (0000-0002-8823-923X, Utrecht University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 134 |
| Pages | 104858 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0168-8510 • E-ISSN: 1872-6054 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104858 |
| PMID | 37327707 |
| OpenAlex | W4380342380 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
In spite of the growing availability of COVID-19 vaccines, a substantial number of people is reluctant or uncertain about getting the vaccine. Nudges may improve vaccine uptake but it is unclear how this plays out with the experience of autonomous choice, decision competence, decision satisfaction, and being pressured to make a choice. In an online experiment among a representative sample (N = 884), we examined whether a social norm nudge or a default nudge (either or not transparent) was effective in steering the desired choice of making a hypothetical early vaccination appointment as compared to making a later appointment or no appointment. We also examined how both nudges affected autonomy and related downstream consequences. None of the nudges proved effective in making the desired choice of early vaccination and neither did they impact on downstream consequences. Rather, our results indicate that participants who were certain about their choice (i.e., opted for the earliest available vaccination opportunity or not getting vaccinated at all) reported higher levels of autonomy, competence and satisfaction than participants who did not know yet about vaccination or who postponed the moment of getting their vaccination. We conclude that the experience of autonomy and related downstream consequences is determined by having made up one's mind about vaccination, and is not affected by attempts to nudge the individual
Autonomy · Business · Nudge theory · Political science · Vaccination · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Immunology · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |