To Get Vaccinated, or Not to Get Vaccinated, That Is the Question: Illness Representations about COVID-19 and Perceptions about COVID-19 Vaccination as Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccination Willingness among Young Adults in The Netherlands
Mass vaccination is considered necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19; however, vaccination willingness was found to be especially low among young adults. Therefore, based on the extended Common Sense Model, the unique effects and the interplay of illness representations about COVID-19 and perceptions about COVID-19 vaccination in explaining COVID-19 vaccination willingness was investigated using a cross-sectional design. An online survey measuring the relevant variables was filled in by 584 participants (69.9% female) between 18 and 34 years. Correlation analyses showed that all illness r... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Vaccines, Vol 9, Iss 941, p 941 (2021) |
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MDPI AG
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Schlagwörter: | Common Sense Model (CSM) of self-regulation / illness representations / Necessity-Concerns Framework (NCF) / treatment perceptions / vaccination willingness / Medicine / R |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27189170 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9090941 |