Damnjanović, K.; Ilić, S.; Kušić, M.; Lazić, M.; Popović, D. Psychological Factors of Vaccination Intent among Healthcare Providers, Parents, and Laypeople. Vaccines2023, 11, 1816.
Damnjanović, K.; Ilić, S.; Kušić, M.; Lazić, M.; Popović, D. Psychological Factors of Vaccination Intent among Healthcare Providers, Parents, and Laypeople. Vaccines 2023, 11, 1816.
Damnjanović, K.; Ilić, S.; Kušić, M.; Lazić, M.; Popović, D. Psychological Factors of Vaccination Intent among Healthcare Providers, Parents, and Laypeople. Vaccines2023, 11, 1816.
Damnjanović, K.; Ilić, S.; Kušić, M.; Lazić, M.; Popović, D. Psychological Factors of Vaccination Intent among Healthcare Providers, Parents, and Laypeople. Vaccines 2023, 11, 1816.
Abstract
The interrelatedness of social-structural aspects and psychological features with the vaccination intention provides the context to explore personal psychological fea-tures related to general decision-making and vaccine-related dispositions, and their contribution to the intention to vaccinate, within post-pandemic circumstances, after the imposed possibility of choosing a vaccine brand. The aim of our study was to map the function (promotive, protective, risk, vulnerability) of a set of psychological aspects in the intention to vaccinate, in people with different social roles regarding the vaccination. We surveyed three samples of people: healthcare providers (HPs), parents, and lay people, within the context of the after-pandemic. Negative vaccine attitudes lower intention to vaccinate in all regression models (all βs ranging from -.128 to -.983, all ps < .01). The main results indicate that, regardless of the sam-ple/social role, there is a shared attitudinal core for positive vaccination intention. This core consists of [high] trust in large corporations, government, and healthcare systems, as well as perceived consensus on vaccine safety/efficacy and experience of freedom (protective factors), and [low] vaccination conspiracy beliefs, trust in social media, and choice overload (risk and vulnerability factors, respectively). There are no common promotive factors of intention to vaccinate; for parents, perceived consensus on vaccines, and trust in corporations and the healthcare system play such roles, for HPs experience of freedom is obtained as a unique promotive factor. In contrast, for laypeople, no unique promotive factors were found. These results and guidelines for the promotion of positive vaccination behavior are further discussed.
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