Mai, X (2022) Psychological Determinants of Long-Term Vaccination Intention Against COVID-19: the Role of Conspiracy Beliefs. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This study tried to predict people's intention to vaccinate once or twice a year in the coming three years, focusing on conspiracy beliefs concerning corona (CBc), exposure to social media, broader exposure to mainstream media versus alternatives, and ten social cognitive determinants including fear, self-efficacy, and moral norm. An online survey was conducted based on snowball sampling mainly in mainland China to recruit Chinese adults through an online advertisement posted on social media. Bivariate correlations and mediation analyses were conducted to test five hypothetical models. Results identified the moral norm as the mediator of both the positive relationship between CBc and long-term vaccination intention and the negative relationship between social media exposure and long-term vaccination intention. This is not only a core replication but also an extension of an earlier mediation model in which social duty mediated the negative relationship between CBc and one-time vaccination intention. Suggestions to combat CBc are debunking and prebunking methods. Meanwhile, by raising people's perceived moral norm of vaccination, authorities can motivate more people to vaccinate through public communication on the mass media to gain more control against the pandemic.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Dijkstra, A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2022 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2022 08:40 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1387 |
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