Who Is Willing to Get Vaccinated? A Study into the Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Cultural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions
Crucial to the success of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign is the rate of people who adhere to it. This study aimed to investigate the reasons underlying people’s willingness to get vaccinated in a sample of Italian adults, considering the effects of different individual characteristics and psychol...
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| author | Mattia Giuliani Anna Ichino Alice Bonomi Riccardo Martoni Stefania Cammino Alessandra Gorini |
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| description | Crucial to the success of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign is the rate of people who adhere to it. This study aimed to investigate the reasons underlying people’s willingness to get vaccinated in a sample of Italian adults, considering the effects of different individual characteristics and psychological variables upon positive vs. negative/hesitant vaccination intentions, as well as subjects’ self-reported motivations for such intentions. An anonymous cross-sectional survey was distributed online in February 2021. The results showed that trust in science, number of vaccinations received in 2019, and belief that COVID-19 is more severe than the common flu, were associated with positive vaccination intentions. “Chance externality” health locus of control showed both direct and indirect effects upon positive vaccination intentions. Anxiety symptoms and participants’ perceived psychological status also showed indirect positive effects. Subjects’ self-reported motivations varied interestingly across positive vs. negative/hesitant intentions. Implications of these findings for identifying effective pro-vaccination messages are discussed in the final section of the paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbc31944102a49a8968422024c37f44d2023-11-22T10:06:15ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2021-07-019881010.3390/vaccines9080810Who Is Willing to Get Vaccinated? A Study into the Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Cultural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination IntentionsMattia Giuliani0Anna Ichino1Alice Bonomi2Riccardo Martoni3Stefania Cammino4Alessandra Gorini5IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, 20138 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti”, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, ItalyIRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, 20138 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Ville-Turro, 20127 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Ville-Turro, 20127 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, ItalyCrucial to the success of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign is the rate of people who adhere to it. This study aimed to investigate the reasons underlying people’s willingness to get vaccinated in a sample of Italian adults, considering the effects of different individual characteristics and psychological variables upon positive vs. negative/hesitant vaccination intentions, as well as subjects’ self-reported motivations for such intentions. An anonymous cross-sectional survey was distributed online in February 2021. The results showed that trust in science, number of vaccinations received in 2019, and belief that COVID-19 is more severe than the common flu, were associated with positive vaccination intentions. “Chance externality” health locus of control showed both direct and indirect effects upon positive vaccination intentions. Anxiety symptoms and participants’ perceived psychological status also showed indirect positive effects. Subjects’ self-reported motivations varied interestingly across positive vs. negative/hesitant intentions. Implications of these findings for identifying effective pro-vaccination messages are discussed in the final section of the paper.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/8/810COVID-19COVID-19 vaccinationpsychologymotivationhealth locus of controlanxiety symptoms |
| spellingShingle | Mattia Giuliani Anna Ichino Alice Bonomi Riccardo Martoni Stefania Cammino Alessandra Gorini Who Is Willing to Get Vaccinated? A Study into the Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Cultural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions Vaccines COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccination psychology motivation health locus of control anxiety symptoms |
| title | Who Is Willing to Get Vaccinated? A Study into the Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Cultural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
| title_full | Who Is Willing to Get Vaccinated? A Study into the Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Cultural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
| title_fullStr | Who Is Willing to Get Vaccinated? A Study into the Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Cultural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who Is Willing to Get Vaccinated? A Study into the Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Cultural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
| title_short | Who Is Willing to Get Vaccinated? A Study into the Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Cultural Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
| title_sort | who is willing to get vaccinated a study into the psychological socio demographic and cultural determinants of covid 19 vaccination intentions |
| topic | COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccination psychology motivation health locus of control anxiety symptoms |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/8/810 |
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