The role of perceived social norms in college student vaccine hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 prevention strategies

被引:44
作者
Jaffe, Anna E. [1 ]
Graupensperger, Scott [2 ]
Blayney, Jessica A. [2 ]
Duckworth, Jennifer C. [3 ]
Stappenbeck, Cynthia A. [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nebraska, Dept Psychol, 238 Burnett Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[3] Washington State Univ, Dept Human Dev, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
[4] Georgia State Univ, Dept Psychol, Univ Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
关键词
COVID-19; Coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; Vaccine uptake; Vaccine hesitancy; Social norms; PERSONALIZED NORMATIVE FEEDBACK; ALCOHOL-USE; MISPERCEPTIONS; ATTITUDES; DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; MODELS; ADULTS; TRIAL;
D O I
10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.01.038
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Among US adults, the highest rates of hesitancy to receive the COVID-19 vaccine are among young adults aged 18 to 25. Vaccine hesitancy is particularly concerning among young adults in college, where social interactions on densely populated campuses can lead to substantial community spread. Given that many colleges have opted not to mandate vaccines, identification of modifiable predictors of vaccine hesitancy - such as perceived social norms - is key to informing interventions to promote vaccine uptake. To address this need, we examined predictors of and explicit reasons for vaccine hesitancy among 989 stu-dents aged 18 to 25 recruited from four geographically diverse US universities in the spring of 2021. At the time of the survey, 57.3% had been vaccinated, 13.7% intended to be vaccinated as soon as possible, and 29.0% were vaccine hesitant. Common reasons for hesitancy were wanting to see how it affected others first (75.2%), not believing it was necessary (30.0%), and other reasons (17.4%), which were exam-ined via content analysis and revealed prominent safety concerns. Despite these varied explicit reasons, logistic regressions revealed that, when controlling for demographics and pandemic-related experiences, perceived descriptive and injunctive social norms for vaccine uptake were each significant predictors of vaccine hesitancy (ORs = 0.35 and 0.78, respectively). When both norms were entered into the same model, only perceived descriptive norms uniquely predicted vaccine hesitancy (OR = 0.37; 95% CI: 0.29 - 0.46). Findings suggest perceived social norms are strongly associated with vaccine-related behavior among young adult college students. Correcting normative misperceptions may be a promising approach to increase vaccine uptake and slow the spread of COVID-19 among young adults. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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