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Denial of Justification for Vaccination: Its Multiple Related Variables and Impacts on Intention to Get Vaccinated against COVID-19

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Lin, Yen-Ju, Chou, Wen-Jiun, Chang, Yu-Ping, Yen, Cheng-Fang·2021·Vaccines
DOI 10.3390/vaccines9080822PMC PMC8402305
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The aims of the present study were (1) to identify the variables related to denying the justification for vaccination during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Taiwan and (2) to examine the associations of such denial with perceived risk of COVID-19 and the extrinsic and intrinsic intentions to get vaccinated against COVID-19. We recruited 1047 participants by using a Facebook advertisement. We investigated whether the participants denied justification for vaccination as well as their sociodemographic characteristics, mental health status, sources of information about COVID-19 vaccination, perceived risk of COVID-19, and extrinsic and intrinsic intentions to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The results indicated that 20.0% of the participants denied justification for vaccination. Participants who were older, had an educational level below college, were not health care workers, were in poor general mental health state, or did not obtain information about COVID-19 vaccination from the Internet were more likely to deny justification for vaccination. Denial was negatively associated with both extrinsic and intrinsic intentions to get vaccinated against COVID-19 but not associated with the perceived risk of COVID-19. Multiple variables related to denying the justification for vaccination; the denial was negatively associated with the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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  • Rejection of science based on a common sense understanding of the world contributed to rejection of the COVID-19 vaccine, which worsened the pandemic considerably.

    “Recently, this rejection of science based on a common sense understanding of the world contributed to rejection of the COVID-19 vaccine, a rejection that worsened the pandemic considerably (Lin et al., 2021).”

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    Section 4.1 (page unavailable) links denial of vaccination, described as disregarding scientific evidence, to weaker intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Section 1.3 mentions philosophical objections, but the paper does not identify a common-sense understanding of the world as the cause. It warns that vaccine denial could make herd immunity difficult; it does not establish that vaccine rejection had already worsened the pandemic considerably. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Lin, Y.-J., Chou, W.-J., Chang, Y.-P., & Yen, C.-F.
Affiliations
  • Kaohsiung Medical University (TW)
  • Chang Gung University (TW)
  • University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Corresponding author
Yen, Cheng-Fang
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Venue
Vaccines
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-07-25
Volume
9
Issue
8
Pages
822
ISSN
2076-393X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/vaccines9080822
PMC
PMC8402305
OpenAlex
W3184831192
Cited by
8
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1
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2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2021: 1
FWCI
0.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Vaccines (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH109-9M54)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
Keywords
COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 risk perception, vaccination intention, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, mental health, sociodemographic factors, health information sources, Taiwan

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