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ArticleClinical neuropsychiatry2023

Anti-Vaccination Attitude and Vaccination Intentions Against Covid-19: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study Investigating the Role of Media Consumption.

Marco Biella, Graziella Orrù, Rebecca Ciacchini, Ciro Conversano, Donatella Marazziti, Angelo Gemignani

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Article in Clinical neuropsychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Marco BiellaPsychology Institute, Heidelberg University, Haupt Str. 47, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8039-0170
Graziella OrrùDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, via Savi 10 Pisa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8769-7693
Rebecca CiacchiniDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, via Savi 10 Pisa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4264-6884
Ciro ConversanoDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, via Savi 10 Pisa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0726-3634
Donatella MarazzitiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4021-5829
Angelo GemignaniDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, via Savi 10 Pisa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7249-874X

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Abstract

Objective: The present study explores, retrospectively, the link between anti-vaccination attitude and vaccination intentions and extends this relationship to the effect of media consumption style on attitude. Method: Generalized linear mixed-models were used to estimate vaccination intentions (related to each of the four available vaccines at the time of the survey) relying on anti-vaccination attitude measured using the Italian translation of the Vaccination Attitude Examination (VAX) scale. Multiple linear regression was used to estimate which media type and which consumption frequency were responsible for variation in the anti-vaccination attitude. Results: Greater anti-vaccination attitude led to lower vaccination intention (b=-8.33, p<.0001) confirming the attitude-intention link. Crucially, consuming vaccination related information via printed press weekly (b=-0.74, p=.0001) or daily (b=-0.96, p<.0001) were the only protective factors against developing anti-vaccination attitudes. On the other hand, discussing vaccination with the family physician weekly (b=0.66, p=.002) or even daily (b=0.52, p=.026), and actively looking for vaccination related information on specialized websites and blogs every day (b=0.64, t=2.78, p=.006) were risk factors related to increased anti-vaccination attitude. No effects of social media on anti-vaccination attitude were found. Conclusions: The results confirm that vaccination intentions can be linked to the underlying anti-vaccination attitude. Moreover, our results suggest that the web and the blog sphere, but not social media, are the most anti-vaccination fuelling media and that health practitioners engage with the most vaccination-hesitant individuals. Further interventions could leverage these insights to tackle the vaccination hesitancy issue.

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anti-vaccination attitudeCOVID-19media consumptionvaccination intentions

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PMID37791084
PMCPMC10544246

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