Rajkumar Eslavath, Romate John, Greeshma Rajgopal, Lipsa Maria
Department of Psychology, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India.
Heliyon. 2023 Mar;9(3):e13778. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13778. Epub 2023 Feb 16.
The emergence of COVID-19 traumatized individuals from all walks of life and while the demand for vaccines increased exponentially, the authorities seem to encounter greater challenges on their road to create herd immunity. Governments initiated numerous campaigns to influence individuals to opt for vaccination and India being a diverse country makes it difficult to understand the motivating factors for getting COVID-19 vaccination. The study aimed to explore the predictors of individuals' willingness to get vaccinated using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). After screening using the vaccine hesitancy scale, a semi-structured interview was conducted among 30 respondents from India. Crisp Set QCA was utilized to analyse the data which lead to nine conditions. A solution combination of seven conditions showed a consistency of 1 and coverage of 0.6. They included knowledge about vaccines, perceived severity of the COVID-19 virus, family and peer influence, media and health department's influence, a sense of social responsibility, trust in the authorities and vaccine efficacy. This study contributes to the relevance of QCA's use in psychological research, especially to identify predictors of willingness to immunize. The findings of this study would help in designing appropriate interventions to enhance willingness to get vaccinated.
新冠疫情的出现给各行各业的人们带来了创伤，虽然对疫苗的需求呈指数级增长，但当局在实现群体免疫的道路上似乎面临着更大的挑战。各国政府发起了众多活动，以促使人们选择接种疫苗，而印度是一个多元化的国家，这使得理解人们接种新冠疫苗的驱动因素变得困难。该研究旨在运用定性比较分析（QCA）探索个体接种意愿的预测因素。在使用疫苗犹豫量表进行筛选后，对来自印度的30名受访者进行了半结构化访谈。采用清晰集定性比较分析对数据进行分析，得出了九个条件。七个条件的一个解决方案组合显示一致性为1，覆盖度为0.6。这些条件包括对疫苗的了解、对新冠病毒严重性的认知、家庭和同伴的影响、媒体和卫生部门的影响、社会责任感、对当局的信任以及疫苗效力。本研究有助于定性比较分析在心理学研究中的应用，特别是用于识别免疫意愿的预测因素。本研究结果将有助于设计适当的干预措施，以提高接种意愿。
