Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2022 Feb 15;17(2):e0264019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264019. eCollection 2022.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease responsible for millions of deaths worldwide. Effective vaccines against COVID-19 are now available, however, an extreme form of vaccine hesitancy known as anti-vax attitudes challenge vaccine acceptance and distribution efforts. To understand these anti-vax attitudes and their associated psychological characteristics, we examined several predictors of vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 and anti-vax attitudes generally. We surveyed 1004 adults (M = 47.0 years, SD = 17.1 years, range 18-98 years) in September-October 2020 across the United States (51% female, 49% male; 76.5% White, 23.5% non-White), prior to widespread availability of the COVID-19 vaccines. Attitudes toward vaccinations were influenced by a variety of factors, especially political attitudes. We should therefore anticipate and attempt to mitigate these challenges to achieving widespread vaccination to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases.
新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）是一种高传染性疾病，在全球范围内造成数百万人死亡。目前已有针对 COVID-19 的有效疫苗，但一种名为反疫苗态度的极端疫苗犹豫形式，对疫苗的接受和分发工作构成挑战。为了了解这些反疫苗态度及其相关的心理特征，我们研究了 COVID-19 疫苗犹豫和一般反疫苗态度的几个预测因素。我们于 2020 年 9 月至 10 月期间在美国调查了 1004 名成年人（M=47.0 岁，SD=17.1 岁，年龄范围 18-98 岁），此时 COVID-19 疫苗尚未广泛供应。人们对疫苗接种的态度受到多种因素的影响，尤其是政治态度。因此，我们应该预料到这些挑战，并努力减轻这些挑战，以实现广泛接种疫苗，从而减少 COVID-19 和其他传染病的传播。
