Psychological characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in Ireland and the United Kingdom

被引：887

作者：

Murphy, Jamie ^{[1
]}

Vallieres, Frederique ^{[2
]}

Bentall, Richard P. ^{[3
]}

Shevlin, Mark ^{[4
]}

McBride, Orla ^{[1
]}

Hartman, Todd K. ^{[3
]}

McKay, Ryan ^{[4
]}

Bennett, Kate ^{[5
]}

Mason, Liam ^{[6
]}

Gibson-Miller, Jilly ^{[3
]}

Levita, Liat ^{[3
]}

Martinez, Anton P. ^{[3
]}

Stocks, Thomas V. A. ^{[3
]}

Karatzias, Thanos ^{[7
]}

Hyland, Philip ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Ulster Univ, Sch Psychol, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Londonderry, North Ireland

[2] Trinity Coll Dublin, Ctr Global Hlth, Dublin D02 PN40, Ireland

[3] Univ Sheffield, Dept Psychol, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England

[4] Royal Holloway Univ London, Dept Psychol, London TW20 0EX, England

[5] Univ Liverpool, Dept Psychol, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, England

[6] UCL, Div Psychol & Language Sci, London WC1E 6BT, England

[7] Napier Univ, Sch Hlth & Social Care, Edinburgh EH14 1DJ, Midlothian, Scotland

[8] Maynooth Univ, Dept Psychol, Maynooth W23 F2K8, County Kildare, Ireland

来源：

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | 2021年 / 12卷 / 01期

关键词：

INFLUENZA VACCINATION; RISK; PERSONALITY; RELIABILITY; CHILDREN; PARENTS; VERSION;

D O I：

10.1038/s41467-020-20226-9

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Identifying and understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy within distinct populations may aid future public health messaging. Using nationally representative data from the general adult populations of Ireland (N=1041) and the United Kingdom (UK; N=2025), we found that vaccine hesitancy/resistance was evident for 35% and 31% of these populations respectively. Vaccine hesitant/resistant respondents in Ireland and the UK differed on a number of sociodemographic and health-related variables but were similar across a broad array of psychological constructs. In both populations, those resistant to a COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to obtain information about the pandemic from traditional and authoritative sources and had similar levels of mistrust in these sources compared to vaccine accepting respondents. Given the geographical proximity and socio-economic similarity of the populations studied, it is not possible to generalize findings to other populations, however, the methodology employed here may be useful to those wishing to understand COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy elsewhere. Hesitancy and resistance towards vaccination is a challenge for public health. Here the authors determine psychological characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy or resistance attitudes in the UK and Ireland.

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