Trial reportSocial science & medicine (1982)2021
Anticipating pride or regret? Effects of anticipated affect focused persuasive messages on intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Communication-based interventions to increase COVID-19 vaccine willingness and uptake: a systematic review with meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
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- College students' influenza vaccine hesitation: a reasoned action investigation with quantitative and qualitative data.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Self-esteem influences the willingness to engage in COVID-19 prevention behavior and persuasion efficacy.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- Anticipated Affect That Encourages or Discourages Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Scoping Review.Vaccines · 2023Article
- A cross-national study of multilevel determinants on public fully vaccination against COVID-19.Health & place · 2023Article
- Multilevel determinants on COVID-19 booster intention among Americans.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Interventions to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a scoping review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Social cognition theories and behavior change in COVID-19: A conceptual review.Behaviour research and therapy · 2022Review
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- Sociocultural-psychological predictors influencing parents' decision-making regarding HPV vaccination for their adolescent daughters in mainland China: An extended TPB model.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Mediating Roles of Attitude Toward COVID-19 Vaccination, Trust in Science and Trust in Government in the Relationship Between Anti-vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs and Vaccination Intention.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Narrative communication regarding the Covid-19 vaccine: a thematic analysis of comments on Romanian official Facebook page "RO Vaccinare".SN social sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Understanding the factors that increase intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines is essential to maximise the vaccination campaign effectiveness. The present experimental study evaluated the effect of exposure to messages targeting cognitive attitude plus anticipated positive (pride) or negative (regret) affective reactions on intention to get vaccinated. Participants included 484 Italian adults randomly allocated to one of four conditions: 1) cognitive attitude message; 2) cognitive attitude plus positive affect message; 3) cognitive attitude plus negative affect message; 4) control condition (no message). Results showed that participants in the second condition reported greater intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 compared with those in the control condition. Parallel mediation analysis indicated that the effect of the second condition on intention was fully mediated by cognitive attitude and anticipated positive affect. These findings suggest that future campaigns aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccination intention could usefully target both cognitive attitude and anticipated positive affect.
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