Interdisciplinary Department for Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Stress Health. 2022 Feb;38(1):111-118. doi: 10.1002/smi.3079. Epub 2021 Jul 13.
This study examined how existential fears are related to COVID-19 vaccination anxiety and followed the Terror Management Theory (TMT) by examining the contribution of two existential concerns, subjective nearness-to-death (SNtD) and death anxiety, to COVID-19 vaccination anxiety during the first month of COVID-19 vaccinations. Data were collected during January 2021, when Israel was in lockdown, from a convenience sample of 381 Jewish Israelis (M = 55.39, SD = 17.17). Participants completed questionnaires examining demographics, SNtD, death anxiety and COVID-19 vaccination anxiety. A hierarchical regression analysis examined the connections between these variables and COVID-19 vaccination anxiety while controlling for demographics and for receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. In line with the hypotheses, SNtD and death anxiety were each positively associated with COVID-19 vaccination anxiety, and death anxiety levels moderated the positive connection between SNtD and COVID-19 vaccination anxiety, as this association was not significant for individuals with low death anxiety. The findings of this study provide preliminary evidence concerning the role of death anxiety in moderating the effect that SNtD has on COVID-19 vaccination anxiety. These findings are in line with the TMT and justify further investigation and may be utilized in future research in order to address COVID-19 vaccination anxiety more effectively.
本研究考察了存在恐惧与 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑之间的关系，并通过考察两个存在担忧（主观濒死感（SNtD）和死亡焦虑）对 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑的贡献，遵循了恐怖管理理论（TMT）。研究在 COVID-19 疫苗接种的第一个月收集了数据，当时以色列处于封锁状态，从 381 名犹太以色列人的便利样本中收集了数据（M = 55.39，SD = 17.17）。参与者完成了问卷，调查了人口统计学、SNtD、死亡焦虑和 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑。分层回归分析考察了这些变量与 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑之间的关系，同时控制了人口统计学和 COVID-19 疫苗接种情况。与假设一致，SNtD 和死亡焦虑均与 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑呈正相关，并且死亡焦虑水平调节了 SNtD 与 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑之间的正相关关系，因为对于死亡焦虑水平较低的个体，这种关联不显著。这项研究的结果提供了关于死亡焦虑在调节 SNtD 对 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑的影响方面的作用的初步证据。这些发现与 TMT 一致，并证明了进一步的研究是合理的，并且可以在未来的研究中用于更有效地解决 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑问题。
