Trust in Authorities and Demographic Factors Affect Vaccine Acceptance During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Cyprus

IF 1.7 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

European Journal of Psychology Open Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.1024/2673-8627/a000006

N. Konstantinou, S. Nicolaou, C. Petrou, M. Pieri

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Abstract

Abstract. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on all aspects of human life. Accurately measuring vaccine acceptance and understanding the factors that influence vaccine attitudes and behaviors is crucial to designing public-health interventions to reduce the impact of COVID-19 through vaccinations. The current study adapted the vaccine acceptance scale ( Sarathchandra et al., 2018 ) to the Greek language and assessed the relationship between key components of vaccine acceptance to COVID-19 vaccine beliefs and attitudes, personal and family vaccination history and attitudes, and demographic variables (age, sex, education, and having children). The adapted vaccine acceptance instrument was found to have high internal consistency reliability. Further analyses indicated that younger and less-educated individuals are more vaccine-hesitant, and that vaccine acceptance is influenced by trust in authorities. These findings may have implications for understanding vaccine hesitancy and for the design and implementation of vaccine-related public health policies.

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在塞浦路斯COVID-19大流行期间，对当局的信任和人口因素影响疫苗接受度

摘要新冠肺炎大流行对人类生活的方方面面产生了毁灭性影响。准确测量疫苗接受度并了解影响疫苗态度和行为的因素，对于设计公共卫生干预措施以通过接种疫苗减少新冠肺炎的影响至关重要。目前的研究将疫苗接受量表（Sarathchandra et al.，2018）调整为希腊语，并评估了疫苗接受的关键组成部分与新冠肺炎疫苗信仰和态度、个人和家庭疫苗接种历史和态度以及人口统计学变量（年龄、性别、教育和生育）之间的关系。改进后的疫苗接受仪器具有较高的内部一致性可靠性。进一步的分析表明，年轻和受教育程度较低的人对疫苗更加犹豫，疫苗的接受程度受到对当局信任的影响。这些发现可能对理解疫苗犹豫以及疫苗相关公共卫生政策的设计和实施具有启示意义。

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European Journal of Psychology Open PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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2.20

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8.30%

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