Knowledge is an important aspect of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
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Rola, K. and Russell, Y. I. 2023. Knowledge is an important aspect of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. North American Journal of Psychology. 25 (4), pp. 865-878. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24517330
Type | Article |
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Title | Knowledge is an important aspect of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy |
Authors | Rola, K. and Russell, Y. I. |
Abstract | Vaccine hesitancy was an ongoing issue during the COVID-19 pandemic. We recruited 620 adults for an online questionnaire to assess the influence of various factors on vaccine hesitancy. Five pre-existing scales were used to measure vaccine knowledge, attitudes to doctors and medicine, vaccine conspiracy belief, perception of COVID-19 as a threat, and vaccine hesitancy. We found that low vaccine knowledge was the strongest predictor for hesitancy. We also collected information about age, gender and vaccine status (fully vaccinated, with or without booster, partially vaccinated, not vaccinated). There were no age or gender effects, but we found significant trends between vaccination status and knowledge, attitudes, conspiracy belief, and hesitancy. |
Keywords | COVID-19; Vaccine hesitancy; Conspiracy; Health; Knowledge |
Sustainable Development Goals | 4 Quality education |
Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
Research Group | None |
Publisher | North American Journal of Psychology |
Journal | North American Journal of Psychology |
ISSN | 1527-7143 |
Publication dates | |
31 Dec 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | Oct 2023 |
Deposited | 22 Nov 2023 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | © NAJP. |
Web address (URL) | http://najp.us/north-american-journal-of-psychology-index |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24517330 |
Related Output | |
Is supplemented by | https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23676675 |
Language | English |
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