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Key Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: A Perspective of Collectivism
oleh: Yi-Chih Lee, Wei-Li Wu
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | MDPI AG 2023-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Vaccination against the COVID-19 pandemic remains a major part of global immunization policy. The aim of this study was to explore young people’s willingness to continue to receive vaccination against COVID-19 in a collectivist culture. In this study, an online questionnaire was used to measure willingness to continue vaccination, the tendency towards collectivism, the degree of disease anxiety, vaccine brand loyalty, and perceived infectability in 2022. The results showed that women were more willing to be vaccinated than men (70.1% vs. 29.9%). Young people who were willing to receive continuous vaccination had a relatively higher tendency towards collectivism (<i>p</i> < 0.001), a relatively higher degree of disease anxiety (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and lower vaccine brand loyalty (<i>p</i> = 0.034). The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing and, since young people are the most active in group activities, policy-makers should weigh the factors influencing vaccination among the young to create effective policy measures.