Nature Communications· 2021Q1
Psychological characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in Ireland and the United Kingdom
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Short summary
In Ireland (35%) and the UK (31%), COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy/resistance was linked to lower reliance on and similar mistrust of traditional/authoritative pandemic information sources, rather than distinct psychological profiles.
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Key points
- 35% of Irish and 31% of UK adults surveyed showed COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy/resistance.
- Hesitant/resistant individuals were less likely to seek pandemic information from traditional/authoritative sources.
- Mistrust levels in traditional/authoritative sources were similar between hesitant/resistant and accepting individuals.
- No significant differences were found across a broad array of psychological constructs between hesitant and accepting groups.
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Abstract
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.
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