Is disgust proneness prospectively associated with influenza vaccine hesitancy and uptake?

Abstract Although various demographic and psychosocial factors have been identified as correlates of influenza vaccine hesitancy, factors that promote infectious disease avoidance, such as disgust proneness, have been rarely examined. In two large national U.S. samples (Ns = 475 and 1007), we investigated whether disgust proneness was associated with retrospective accounts of influenza vaccine uptake, influenza vaccine hesitancy, and eventual influenza vaccine uptake, while accounting for demographics and personality. Across both studies, greater age, higher education, working in healthcare, and greater disgust proneness were significantly related to greater likelihood of previously receiving an influenza vaccine. In Study 2, which was a year-long longitudinal project, disgust proneness prospectively predicted influenza vaccine hesitancy and eventual vaccine uptake during the 2020–2021 influenza season. Findings from this project expand our understanding of individual-level factors associated with influenza vaccine hesitancy and uptake, highlighting a psychological factor to be targeted in vaccine hesitancy interventions..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

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Journal of behavioral medicine - 46(2022), 1-2 vom: 04. Mai, Seite 54-64

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shook, Natalie J. [VerfasserIn]
Fitzgerald, Holly N. [VerfasserIn]
Oosterhoff, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
MacFarland, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Sevi, Barış [VerfasserIn]

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Disgust sensitivity
Influenza
Personality
Vaccine hesitancy
Vaccine uptake

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022

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10.1007/s10865-022-00324-3

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SPR049967622