Cross-country assessment of the unique contributions of psychological factors to vaccination: Perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Cross-country assessment of the unique contributions of psychological factors to vaccination: Perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic

Published:2024-07-31 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1359-1053
Container-title:Journal of Health Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Health Psychol

Author:

Adu Peter¹^ORCID,Popoola Tosin²,Iqbal Naved³^ORCID,Roemer Anja⁴,Collings Sunny¹,Aspin Clive¹,Medvedev Oleg N⁵^ORCID,Simpson Colin R¹⁶

Affiliation:

1. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

2. The University of Newcastle, Australia

3. Jamia Millia Islamia, India

4. Massey University, New Zealand

5. University of Waikato, New Zealand

6. The University of Edinburgh, UK

Abstract

We have identified the most relevant and significant psychological factors in relation to COVID-19 vaccination attitudes in Ghana, Germany, New Zealand and India. This study recruited 1822 participants from the general populations of India ( n = 411), New Zealand ( n = 413), Ghana ( n = 523) and Germany ( n = 475) to participate in a cross-sectional online survey. After controlling for the country of residence, individual psychological factors played a significant role in shaping attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination. The results also revealed strong direct predictors that explained significant portions of the variance in the COVID-19 vaccination attitudes. Positive affect emerged as the strongest contributor in Ghana (7%), while self-compassion strongly influenced COVID-19 vaccination attitudes in India (66%). Dispositional optimism was the strongest predictor in New Zealand (5%). In Germany, compassion towards others was the strongest positive predictor (2%), while psychological distress had a strong negative impact (3%). Results highlight the importance of promoting emotional well-being to enhance vaccination coverage.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13591053241266592

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