Mo Phoenix K H, Yu Yanqiu, Luo Sitong, Wang Suhua, Zhao Junfeng, Zhang Guohua, Li Lijuan, Li Liping, Lau Joseph T F
Centre for Health Behaviours Research, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Nov 15;9(11):1323. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111323.
Vaccination is one of the most effective ways of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. However, vaccine hesitancy is prevalent, and relatively few studies have explored how variables related to personal and external motives have affected the intention to vaccinate. The present study investigated the association between perceived personal benefits, variables reflecting external motives (i.e., perceived social benefits, collectivism, and national pride) and intention to receive COVID-19 vaccination among university students in China. The interaction between perceived personal benefits and the three factors reflecting external motives on intention to receive COVID-19 vaccination was also examined. A total of 6922 university students from five provinces of China completed a cross-sectional survey. Results showed that adjusting for significant background variables, perceived personal benefits, perceived social benefits, collectivism, and national pride were all significant factors of intention to receive COVID-19 vaccination. Results from interaction analyses also showed that the association between perceived personal benefits and COVID-19 vaccination intention was stronger among those with lower levels of national pride. Findings highlighted the important role of self-directed interest and external motives in promoting uptake of COVID-19 vaccination.
接种疫苗是控制新冠疫情最有效的方法之一。然而，疫苗犹豫现象普遍存在，相对较少的研究探讨了与个人和外部动机相关的变量如何影响接种意愿。本研究调查了中国大学生中感知到的个人利益、反映外部动机的变量（即感知到的社会效益、集体主义和民族自豪感）与接种新冠疫苗意愿之间的关联。还考察了感知到的个人利益与反映外部动机的三个因素在接种新冠疫苗意愿上的交互作用。来自中国五个省份的6922名大学生完成了一项横断面调查。结果显示，在调整了显著的背景变量后，感知到的个人利益、感知到的社会效益、集体主义和民族自豪感都是接种新冠疫苗意愿的显著因素。交互分析结果还显示，在民族自豪感较低的人群中，感知到的个人利益与接种新冠疫苗意愿之间的关联更强。研究结果突出了自我导向的利益和外部动机在促进新冠疫苗接种方面的重要作用。
