Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne, Germany; Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Passau, Germany.
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne, Germany.
Soc Sci Med. 2022 Jun;302:114981. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114981. Epub 2022 Apr 19.
Successful campaigns to combat the COVID-19 pandemic depend, in part, on people's willingness to be vaccinated. It is therefore critical to understand the factors that determine people's vaccination intentions. We applied a reasoned action approach - the theory of planned behavior - to explore these factors. We used data from an online survey of adults (18-74 years; n = 5044) conducted in Germany between April 9 and April 28, 2021 and found that attitudes toward getting vaccinated predicted vaccination intentions, while normative and control beliefs did not. In turn, positive attitudes toward getting vaccinated were supported by trust in science and fear of COVID-19 whereas negative attitudes were associated with acceptance of conspiracy theories and skepticism regarding vaccines in general. We advise policymakers, physicians, and health care providers to address vaccination hesitancy by emphasizing factors that support positive attitudes toward getting vaccinated, such as prevention of serious illness, death, and long-term health detriments, as opposed to exerting social pressure or pointing to the ease of getting vaccinated.
成功的抗击 COVID-19 疫情运动在一定程度上取决于人们接种疫苗的意愿。因此,了解决定人们接种意愿的因素至关重要。我们应用理性行为方法——计划行为理论——来探讨这些因素。我们使用了 2021 年 4 月 9 日至 4 月 28 日在德国进行的一项针对成年人(18-74 岁;n=5044)的在线调查的数据,发现对接种疫苗的态度预测了接种意愿,而规范和控制信念则没有。反过来,对接种疫苗的积极态度受到对科学的信任和对 COVID-19 的恐惧的支持,而消极态度则与对阴谋论的接受以及对疫苗的普遍怀疑有关。我们建议政策制定者、医生和医疗保健提供者通过强调支持对接种疫苗的积极态度的因素来解决接种犹豫问题,例如预防严重疾病、死亡和长期健康损害,而不是施加社会压力或指出接种疫苗的便利性。