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Protect ya Grandma! The Effects of Students' Epistemic Beliefs and Prosocial Values on COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions
The present study investigates epistemic beliefs (beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing) and prosocial values as predictors of COVID-19 vaccination intentions. As a first hypothesis, we posit that beliefs in justification by authority will positively relate to vaccination intentions. Sec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34248786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683987 |
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author | Rosman, Tom Adler, Kathrin Barbian, Luisa Blume, Vanessa Burczeck, Benno Cordes, Vivien Derman, Dilara Dertli, Susanne Glas, Hannah Heinen, Virginia Kenst, Stefan Khosroschahli, Marie Kittel, Laura Kraus, Corinna Linden, Alica Mironova, Anastasia Olinger, Lena Rastelica, Fatbardh Sauter, Theresia Schnurr, Vera Schwab, Elisabeth Vieyra, Yves Zidak, Andreas Zidarova, Ivana |
author_facet | Rosman, Tom Adler, Kathrin Barbian, Luisa Blume, Vanessa Burczeck, Benno Cordes, Vivien Derman, Dilara Dertli, Susanne Glas, Hannah Heinen, Virginia Kenst, Stefan Khosroschahli, Marie Kittel, Laura Kraus, Corinna Linden, Alica Mironova, Anastasia Olinger, Lena Rastelica, Fatbardh Sauter, Theresia Schnurr, Vera Schwab, Elisabeth Vieyra, Yves Zidak, Andreas Zidarova, Ivana |
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description | The present study investigates epistemic beliefs (beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing) and prosocial values as predictors of COVID-19 vaccination intentions. As a first hypothesis, we posit that beliefs in justification by authority will positively relate to vaccination intentions. Second, we expect a positive relationship between prosocial values and vaccination intentions. Third, we hypothesize that beliefs in justification by authority moderate the relationship between prosocial values and vaccination intentions, so that the positive correlation between prosocial values and vaccination intentions becomes stronger with increasing beliefs in justification by authority. Hypotheses were tested in a sample of N = 314 German university students, a group with rather high mobility, who, when vaccinated, will increase the chance of attaining herd immunity. Hypotheses were tested using correlational and multiple regression analyses. Results revealed a highly significant positive relationship between justification by authority and vaccination intentions, whereas both hypotheses that included prosocial values did not yield significant results. Additional exploratory analyses revealed that the relationship between justification by authority and vaccination intentions was mediated by beliefs in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. Furthermore, significant negative relationships were found between personal justification and vaccination intentions as well as between justification by multiple sources and vaccination intentions. These results highlight the crucial role of science and public health communication in fostering vaccination intentions regarding COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-82686772021-07-10 Protect ya Grandma! The Effects of Students' Epistemic Beliefs and Prosocial Values on COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions Rosman, Tom Adler, Kathrin Barbian, Luisa Blume, Vanessa Burczeck, Benno Cordes, Vivien Derman, Dilara Dertli, Susanne Glas, Hannah Heinen, Virginia Kenst, Stefan Khosroschahli, Marie Kittel, Laura Kraus, Corinna Linden, Alica Mironova, Anastasia Olinger, Lena Rastelica, Fatbardh Sauter, Theresia Schnurr, Vera Schwab, Elisabeth Vieyra, Yves Zidak, Andreas Zidarova, Ivana Front Psychol Psychology The present study investigates epistemic beliefs (beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing) and prosocial values as predictors of COVID-19 vaccination intentions. As a first hypothesis, we posit that beliefs in justification by authority will positively relate to vaccination intentions. Second, we expect a positive relationship between prosocial values and vaccination intentions. Third, we hypothesize that beliefs in justification by authority moderate the relationship between prosocial values and vaccination intentions, so that the positive correlation between prosocial values and vaccination intentions becomes stronger with increasing beliefs in justification by authority. Hypotheses were tested in a sample of N = 314 German university students, a group with rather high mobility, who, when vaccinated, will increase the chance of attaining herd immunity. Hypotheses were tested using correlational and multiple regression analyses. Results revealed a highly significant positive relationship between justification by authority and vaccination intentions, whereas both hypotheses that included prosocial values did not yield significant results. Additional exploratory analyses revealed that the relationship between justification by authority and vaccination intentions was mediated by beliefs in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. Furthermore, significant negative relationships were found between personal justification and vaccination intentions as well as between justification by multiple sources and vaccination intentions. These results highlight the crucial role of science and public health communication in fostering vaccination intentions regarding COVID-19. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8268677/ /pubmed/34248786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683987 Text en Copyright © 2021 Rosman, Adler, Barbian, Blume, Burczeck, Cordes, Derman, Dertli, Glas, Heinen, Kenst, Khosroschahli, Kittel, Kraus, Linden, Mironova, Olinger, Rastelica, Sauter, Schnurr, Schwab, Vieyra, Zidak and Zidarova. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Rosman, Tom Adler, Kathrin Barbian, Luisa Blume, Vanessa Burczeck, Benno Cordes, Vivien Derman, Dilara Dertli, Susanne Glas, Hannah Heinen, Virginia Kenst, Stefan Khosroschahli, Marie Kittel, Laura Kraus, Corinna Linden, Alica Mironova, Anastasia Olinger, Lena Rastelica, Fatbardh Sauter, Theresia Schnurr, Vera Schwab, Elisabeth Vieyra, Yves Zidak, Andreas Zidarova, Ivana Protect ya Grandma! The Effects of Students' Epistemic Beliefs and Prosocial Values on COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
title | Protect ya Grandma! The Effects of Students' Epistemic Beliefs and Prosocial Values on COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
title_full | Protect ya Grandma! The Effects of Students' Epistemic Beliefs and Prosocial Values on COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
title_fullStr | Protect ya Grandma! The Effects of Students' Epistemic Beliefs and Prosocial Values on COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
title_full_unstemmed | Protect ya Grandma! The Effects of Students' Epistemic Beliefs and Prosocial Values on COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
title_short | Protect ya Grandma! The Effects of Students' Epistemic Beliefs and Prosocial Values on COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions |
title_sort | protect ya grandma! the effects of students' epistemic beliefs and prosocial values on covid-19 vaccination intentions |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34248786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683987 |
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