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Goodwin, Robin, Ben-Ezra, Menachem, Takahashi, Masahito, Nguyen Luu, Lan-Anh, Borsfay, Krisztina, Kovács, Mónika, Hou, Wai Kai, Hamama-Raz, Yaira and Levin, Yafit (2022) Psychological factors underpinning vaccine willingness in Israel, Japan and Hungary. Scientific Reports, 12 . 439. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-03986-2 ISSN 2045-2322.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03986-2
Abstract
The spread of SARS-CoV-2 led to rapid vaccine development. However, there remains considerable vaccine hesitancy in some countries. We investigate vaccine willingness in three nations with very different vaccine histories: Israel, Japan and Hungary. Employing an ecological-systems approach we analyse associations between health status, individual cognitions, norms, trust in government, COVID-19 myths and willingness to be vaccinated, with data from three nationally representative samples (Israel, Jan. 2021, N=1011; Japan, Feb. 2021, N= 997; Hungary, April 2021, N=1130). Vaccine willingness was higher in Israel (74%) than Japan (51%) or Hungary (31%). In all three countries vaccine willingness was greatest amongst who would regret not being vaccinated and respondents who trusted their government. Multi-group latent class analysis identified three groups of COVID myths, with particular concern about alteration of DNA (Israel), allergies (Hungary) and infection from the vaccine (Japan). Intervention campaigns should address such cultural myths while emphasising both individual and social benefits of vaccination.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Scientific Reports | ||||||
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 10 January 2022 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 12 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 439 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-03986-2 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 10 December 2021 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 January 2022 | ||||||
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