Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Predictive Utility of Psychosocial Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To test whether the impact of subjective norms, race/ethnicity-specific descriptive norms, vaccine conspiracy beliefs, and prosocial concern on COVID-19 vaccination intentions differs by race/ethnicity for young adults.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

May-August 2021 in Texas.

Subjects

Racially/ethnically diverse unvaccinated college students (N = 314).

Measures

COVID-19 vaccination intentions, theory-driven constructs (eg, perceived susceptibility), vaccine conspiracy beliefs, prosocial concern, and social norms.

Analysis

Block-sequential multiple Tobit regression.

Results

Results revealed three significant two-way interactions between race/ethnicity and (1) subjective norms, F (5, 251) = 2.28, P < .05; (2) COVI

SUBMITTER: Pierce JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10300626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature