ArticleHealth psychology and behavioral medicine2023
Using the theory of planned behavior to assess willingness and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination among a predominantly white U.S. college sample.
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- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Italian university students: Insights from history to shape the future.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Factors associated with the COVID-19 booster vaccine intentions of young adults in the United States.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
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- Vaccine hesitancy among physicians: a qualitative study with general practitioners and paediatricians in Austria and Germany.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Psychosocial correlates of parents' willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: Through the lens of behavioral models such as the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Health Belief Model, the present study (1) investigated U.S. university students' willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and (2) examined predictors (e.g. demographics, past vaccine experience, TPB constructs) of vaccine willingness. Method: University students ( Results: Overall, 56.5% of participants indicated that they would be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once it is available, 39.4% were unsure of whether they would receive the vaccine, and 4.1% indicated they would not receive the vaccine. Multinomial logistic regression indicated that greater adherence to CDC guidelines ( Conclusions: Results from this study are consistent with previous literature on vaccine hesitancy, whereby normative beliefs and adherence to CDC guidelines were found to be determinants of vaccine willingness. To reduce transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic, interventions aimed at promoting positive attitudes towards vaccination should aim to incorporate these observed determinants.
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