Department of Psychology, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University, 1 Asmaa Fahmy Street, Heliopolis, P.O. 11577, Cairo, Egypt.
Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 4;14(1):26615. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-75360-x.
The study aimed to investigate the relative contribution of each of psychasthenia, psychological flexibility, suggestibility, and conspiracy beliefs in predicting the anxiety of vaccination with the anti COVID-19 vaccine among faculty members at Ain Shams University (ASU). Examining the difference in the sample's scores on the vaccination anxiety scale and its sub-factors according to the variables (age-chronic diseases-academic specialization-previous infection with COVID-19-gender), the sample of the study included 139 faculty members at Ain Shams University aged ranged from 23 to 78 years, with a mean of 49.52 years, and a standard deviation of 13.29 years. The vaccination anxiety scale, psychasthenia scale, psychological flexibility scale, suggestibility scale, and conspiracy beliefs scale were used to collect data. The results revealed that the variables of suggestibility and conspiracy beliefs significantly contribute to predicting the vaccination anxiety among faculty members at Ain Shams University. There is a significant difference in the average scores on the vaccination anxiety scale according to age, with the difference in favor of the age group less than fifty years, as well as according to the presence/absence of a previous infection with COVID-19, with the vaccination anxiety being higher for those who were previously infected. There has been no observed significant difference according to the presence/absence of chronic diseases or academic specialization.
本研究旨在探讨神经质、心理灵活性、暗示性和阴谋信念在预测艾因夏姆斯大学（ASU）教职员工对 COVID-19 疫苗接种焦虑中的相对贡献。研究对象为艾因夏姆斯大学的 139 名教职员工，年龄在 23 至 78 岁之间，平均年龄为 49.52 岁，标准差为 13.29 岁。研究采用了疫苗接种焦虑量表、神经质量表、心理灵活性量表、暗示性量表和阴谋信念量表来收集数据。结果表明，暗示性和阴谋信念变量对预测艾因夏姆斯大学教职员工的疫苗接种焦虑有显著贡献。根据年龄、是否有既往 COVID-19 感染，疫苗接种焦虑量表的平均分存在显著差异，年龄小于 50 岁的组别有优势，既往感染的人群疫苗接种焦虑更高。根据是否患有慢性疾病或专业学术背景，未观察到显著差异。
