ArticlePersonality and individual differences2021
Fearing the disease or the vaccine: The case of COVID-19.
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247 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in Botswana: a scoping review.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- A taxonomy of anti-vaccination arguments from a systematic literature review and text modelling.Nature human behaviour · 2023Pooled it
- Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence and Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators of childhood COVID-19 vaccination among parents: A systematic review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
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- Communicating about COVID-19 vaccine development and safety.PloS one · 2022Trial
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- Adverse Reactions and Vaccination Preferences Following COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Survey.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Assessment of Unvaccinated Adult In-patients Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination in a Tertiary Hospital in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines: A Cross-sectional Study.Acta medica Philippina · 2026Article
- A cross-sectional study of the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Exploring vaccine acceptance using Protection Motivation Theory: A study of college students' behavioral intentions in the context of COVID-19.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Building Vaccine Readiness for Future Pandemics: Insights from COVID-19 Vaccine Intent and Uptake.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Revisiting Public Trust and Media Influence During COVID-19 Post-Vaccination Era-Waning of Anxiety and Depression Levels Among Skilled Workers and Students in Serbia.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Factors associated with parental literacy and hesitancy toward pediatric vaccination.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Worry, risk perception, vaccine perception, and vaccine acceptance: Testing three competing path models in the context of COVID-19.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Dual decision-making routes for COVID-19 and influenza vaccines uptake in parents: A mixed-methods study.British journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Role of Individual, Social and Health Factors as Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Results from the Second Phase of the Italian EPICOVID19 Web-Based Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Observational
- What made people (more) positive toward the COVID-19 vaccine? Exploring positive and negative deviance perspectives.BMC public health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 vaccinations among German university students: The role of fear of COVID-19 and risk assessment.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
As studies indicate that people perceive COVID-19 as a threatening disease, the demand for a vaccine against the disease could be expected to be high. Vaccine safety concerns might nevertheless outweigh the perceived disease risks when an individual decides whether or not to accept the vaccine. We investigated the role of perceived risk of COVID-19 (i.e., perceived likelihood of infection, perceived disease severity, and disease-related worry) and perceived safety of a prospective vaccine against COVID-19 in predicting intentions to accept a COVID-19 vaccine. Three Finnish samples were surveyed: 825 parents of small children, 205 individuals living in an area with suboptimal vaccination coverage, and 1325 Facebook users nationwide. As points of reference, we compared the perceptions of COVID-19 to those of influenza and measles. COVID-19 was perceived as a threatening disease-more so than influenza and measles. The strongest predictor of COVID-19 vaccination intentions was trusting the safety of the potential vaccine. Those perceiving COVID-19 as a severe disease were also slightly more intent on taking a COVID-19 vaccine. Informing the public about the safety of a forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine should be the focus for health authorities aiming to achieve a high vaccine uptake.
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