The moderating role of trust in pandemic-relevant institutions on the relation between pandemic fatigue and vaccination intentions
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This research helps to clarify the relation between pandemic fatigue (PF) and vaccination intentions (VI). Theoretically, two patterns seem plausible. First, as with any other health protective measure, PF might reduce the motivation to get vaccinated. Second, PF might increase the motivation to get vaccinated because vaccination reduces the number of (other) health protective measure needed. We tested these two opposing predictions and further explored the moderating role of trust in pandemic-relevant institutions on the link between PF and VI in two large-scale survey studies from Denmark and Germany (collected between 2020 and 2021; total N > 22,000). Data was analyzed using multiple regression models. Analyses reveal a negative link between PF and VI that is less pronounced for people high in trust. Results remain stable when accounting for covariates and quadratic trends. Thus, trust might buffer the negative relation between PF and VI.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
ISSN | 1359-1053 |
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Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2024 |
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Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) - GRK 2277 “Statistical Modeling in Psychology.” Data underlying this research was funded by grants from both the Lundbeck Foundation (R349-2020-592) and the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), to Robert Böhm and Ingo Zettler. COSMO-Germany received external funding by the Robert Koch Institute, Federal Centre for Health Education, Klaus Tschira Foundation, Thuringian Ministry of Economy, Science and Digital Society, and the Thuringian State Chancellery.
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- adherence, corona, COVID-19, health psychology, pandemic fatigue, quantitative methods, regression, trust, vaccination intentions
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