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The mediating role of vaccine hesitancy in the relations of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and vaccination outcomes: Which dimensions matter?
Journal of health psychology, Vol.28(3), pp.241-250
03/01/2023
PMID: 35543352
Web of Science ID: WOS:000798242200001
Abstract
COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs have a powerful detrimental influence on COVID-19 vaccine perceptions and behaviors. We investigate an expanded range of outcomes for COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, and we test which vaccine hesitancy dimensions mediate these relations. Our results show that COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs relate to COVID-19 vaccination willingness and receipt, flu vaccination willingness and receipt, as well as vaccine word-of-mouth. Many of these relations are mediated by vaccine hesitancy dimensions that represent perceptions that vaccines pose health risks as well as perceptions that vaccines are not needed because the respondent is healthy. Our discussion identifies directions for future research.
Details
- Title
- The mediating role of vaccine hesitancy in the relations of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and vaccination outcomes
- Publication Details
- Journal of health psychology, Vol.28(3), pp.241-250
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Sage
- Format
- link
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2022.
- Identifiers
- WOS:000798242200001; 99380467994006600
- Academic Unit
- Business Administration; Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
- Language
- English