Intentions to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19: The Role of Prosociality and Conspiracy Beliefs across 20 Countries

Enea V. Eisenbeck N. Carreno D.F. Douglas K.M. Sutton R.M. Agostini M. Bélanger J.J. Gützkow B. Kreienkamp J. Abakoumkin G. Abdul Khaiyom J.H. Ahmedi V. Akkas H. Almenara C.A. Atta M. Bagci S.C. Basel S. Berisha Kida E. Bernardo A.B.I. Buttrick N.R. Chobthamkit P. Choi H.-S. Cristea M. Csaba S. Damnjanovic K. Danyliuk I. Dash A. Di Santo D. Faller D.G. Fitzsimons G. Gheorghiu A. Gómez Á. Grzymala-Moszczynska J. Hamaidia A. Han Q. Helmy M. Hudiyana J. Jeronimus B.F. Jiang D.-Y. Jovanović V. Kamenov Ž. Kende A. Keng S.-L. Kieu T.T.T. Koc Y. Kovyazina K. Kozytska I. Krause J. Kruglanski A.W. Kurapov A. Kutlaca M. Lantos N.A. Lemay E.P. Lesmana C.B.J. Louis W.R. Lueders A. Malik N.I. Martinez A. McCabe K.O. Mehulić J. Milla M.N. Mohammed I. Molinario E. Moyano M. Muhammad H. Mula S. Muluk H. Myroniuk S. Najafi R. Nisa C.F. Nyúl B. O’Keefe P.A. Osuna J.J.O. Osin E.N. Park J. Pica G. Pierro A. Rees J. Reitsema A.M. Resta E. Rullo M. Ryan M.K. Samekin A. Santtila P. Sasin E. Schumpe B.M. Selim H.A. Stanton M.V. Sultana S. Tseliou E. Utsugi A. van Breen J.A. Van Lissa C.J. Van Veen K. vanDellen M.R. Vázquez A. Wollast R. Yeung V.W.-L. Zand S. Žeželj I.L. Zheng B. Zick A. Zúñiga C. Leander N.P.
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Health Communication
2023 #38 Issue 8 1530 - 1539 pp.

Understanding the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake is important to inform policy decisions and plan vaccination campaigns. The aims of this research were to: (1) explore the individual- and country-level determinants of intentions to be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and (2) examine worldwide variation in vaccination intentions. This cross-sectional online survey was conducted during the first wave of the pandemic, involving 6697 respondents across 20 countries. Results showed that 72.9% of participants reported positive intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19, whereas 16.8% were undecided, and 10.3% reported they would not be vaccinated. At the individual level, prosociality was a significant positive predictor of vaccination intentions, whereas generic beliefs in conspiracy theories and religiosity were negative predictors. Country-level determinants, including cultural dimensions of individualism/collectivism and power distance, were not significant predictors of vaccination intentions. Altogether, this study identifies individual-level predictors that are common across multiple countries, provides further evidence on the importance of combating conspiracy theories, involving religious institutions in vaccination campaigns, and stimulating prosocial motives to encourage vaccine uptake.

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Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, Spain
Department of Psychology, Universidad de Almería, Spain
School of Psychology, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Laboratory of Psychology, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly, Greece
Department of Psychology, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Department of Pedagogy, Pristine University, United States
Business Administration Dept, Ankara Science University, Turkey
Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru
Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Department of Psychology, Sabanci University, Turkey
Department of Social Sciences, New York University Abu Dhabi, United States
Department of Psychology, De La Salle University, Philippines
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, United States
Department of Psychology, Thammasat University, Thailand
Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Department of Psychology, Heriot Watt University, United Kingdom
Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Department of Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Institute of Management and Organization, Leuphana University of Luneburg, Germany
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Marketing and Psychology, Duke University, United States
Center for European Studies, Faculty of Law, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
Social and Organizational Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Psychology/ Research Unit Human Resources Development, Setif 2 University, Algeria
The School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Department of Psychology, Sultan Qaboos University, Menoufia University, Egypt
Department of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Department of Psychology, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan
Department of Psychology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Department of Social Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Division of Social Science, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
Department of Psychology, HCMC University of Education, Viet Nam
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, United States
Department of Psychology, Durham University, United Kingdom
Department of Psychiatry, Udayana University, Indonesia
School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia
Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Ireland
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Canada
Mass Communication, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria
Department of Psychology, University of Cordoba, Spain
Department of Psychology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Iran
Department of Management and Organisation, National University of Singapore Business School, Singapore
Department of Political Science and Administration, National Distance Education University (UNED), Spain
Department of Psychology, HSE University, Russian Federation
Graduate School of Management, NUCB Business School, Japan
School of Law, University of Camerino, Italy
Dipartimento dei Processi di Sviluppo e Socializzazione, University ”La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Research Institute Social Cohesion, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, and Department of Social Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, University of Siena, Italy
Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Netherlands
School of Liberal Arts, M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, NYU-ECNU Institute for Social Development, New York University Shanghai, United States
Department of Psychology, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Department of Public Health, California State University, East Bay, United States
Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University, Japan
Institute of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University, Netherlands
Department of Methodology & Statistics, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Sustainable Society, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, United States
Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive, Université Clermont-Auvergne, France
Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG), Bielefeld University, Germany
Department of Psychology, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Department of Psychology, Florida Gulf Coast University, United States
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

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