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Depicting Socio-Psychological Profile of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitators and Rejecters

Psihologijske teme, 2023-01, Vol.32 (3), p.577-596

2023. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1332-0742 ;EISSN: 1849-0395 ;DOI: 10.31820/pt.32.3.9

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  • Title:
    Depicting Socio-Psychological Profile of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitators and Rejecters
  • Author: Međedović, Janko ; Milošević-Đorđević, Jasna
  • Subjects: Attitudes ; Conservatism ; Conspiracy ; conspiracy beliefs ; COVID-19 vaccines ; Disease transmission ; Empathy ; Human papillomavirus ; Infectious diseases ; Pandemics ; Public health ; religiousness ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ; social conservatism ; Social norms ; Social support ; vaccine hesitancy and rejection ; vaccine support of important others ; Viruses
  • Is Part Of: Psihologijske teme, 2023-01, Vol.32 (3), p.577-596
  • Description: Vaccination hesitation and rejection is one of the major health risks in the epidemics of any infectious diseases with profound implications for public health in general. In order to provide a deeper insight into vaccine hesitation and rejection, we collected the data from individuals who did not take the COVID-19 vaccine in Serbia (N = 534), since the recently ended pandemic also confirmed the importance of these issues. We analyzed the associations between future vaccination intention and several psychological constructs including conspiracy ideation, concerns about contracting a disease and having major health problems, conservatism, pro-vaccination immediate social surroundings and empathy. An increased possibility for future vaccination was negatively related to conspiracy ideation and conservatism measures but positively associated with vaccination support from important others and threat perception of infectious disease and health concerns. Conspiracy beliefs mediated the links from both conservatism and vaccination support from important others toward future vaccinations intention, while threat perception of infection mediated the link between vaccination support and the criterion measure. Present findings enable a deeper understanding of vaccine hesitation and rejection and provide guidelines for psychologists and public health workers for facilitating vaccination against infectious disease. Oklijevanje u cijepljenju i odbijanje cijepljenja glavni su zdravstveni rizici u epidemijama bilo koje zarazne bolesti, a koji imaju ozbiljne posljedice za opće javno zdravlje. Da bismo pružili dublji uvid u oklijevanje u cijepljenju i odbijanje cijepljenja, prikupili smo podatke od pojedinaca koji se nisu cijepili protiv bolesti COVID-19 u Srbiji (N = 534) jer je i nedavno završena pandemija potvrdila važnost tih pitanja. Analizirali smo povezanost između budućih namjera cijepljenja i nekoliko psiholoških konstrukata, uključujući vjerovanje u teorije zavjera, zabrinutost zbog potencijalne zaraze bolešću i ozbiljnih zdravstvenih problema, konzervativizam, neposredno društveno okružje koje podržava cijepljenje te suosjećanje. Povećana mogućnost budućega cijepljenja bila je negativno povezana s vjerovanjem u teorije zavjera i mjerama konzervativizma, ali pozitivno povezana s potporom cijepljenju važnih drugih osoba i percepcijom veće prijetnje od zaraznih bolesti i zdravstvenih problema. Vjerovanja u različite teorije zavjera posredovala su u vezama između konzervativizma i potpore cijepljenju važnih drugih osoba prema budućim namjerama cijepljenja, dok je percepcija prijetnje od zaraze posredovala u vezi između potpore cijepljenju i kriterijske mjere. Te spoznaje omogućuju dublje razumijevanje oklijevanja u cijepljenju i odbijanja cijepljenja te psiholozima i javnozdravstvenim djelatnicima daju smjernice za poboljšavanje obuhvata cijepljenja protiv zaraznih bolesti.
  • Publisher: Rijeka: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Language: English;Croatian
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1332-0742
    EISSN: 1849-0395
    DOI: 10.31820/pt.32.3.9
  • Source: Coronavirus Research Database
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