Delay discounting predicts COVID-19 vaccine booster willingness
Cognitive Research Principles and Implications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: Jan. 23, 2025
Abstract
Developing
ways
to
predict
and
encourage
vaccine
booster
uptake
are
necessary
for
durable
immunity
responses.
In
a
multi-nation
sample,
recruited
in
June–August
2021,
we
assessed
delay
discounting
(one’s
tendency
choose
smaller
immediate
rewards
over
larger
future
rewards),
COVID-19
vaccination
status,
demographics,
distress
level.
Participants
who
reported
being
vaccinated
were
invited
back
one
year
later
(n
=
2547)
report
their
willingness
receive
dose,
along
with
reasons
decision.
After
controlling
demographic
variables
level,
greater
discount
was
associated
reduced
dose.
Thematic
coding
revealed
that
the
most
common
reason
protection
against
COVID-19,
unwillingness
non-necessity.
The
results
identify
as
behavioral
predictor
of
may
be
used
inform
tailored
approaches
increase
(e.g.,
trust
science
vs.
mandates).
Language: Английский
Predictors of Change in Vaccination Decisions Among the Vaccine Hesitant: Examining the Roles of Age and Intolerance of Uncertainty
Annals of Behavioral Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 12, 2024
Vaccine
hesitancy
and
resistance
pose
significant
threats
to
controlling
pandemics
preventing
infectious
diseases.
In
a
group
of
individuals
unvaccinated
against
the
disease
caused
by
SARS-CoV-2
coronavirus
(COVID-19),
we
investigated
how
age,
intolerance
uncertainty
(IU),
their
interaction
affected
likelihood
having
changed
one's
vaccination
decision
year
later.
We
hypothesized
that
higher
IU
would
increase
becoming
vaccinated,
particularly
among
younger
age.
predicted
this
effect
remain
significant,
even
after
for
delay
discounting
trust
in
science.
Language: Английский