Understanding change in COVID-19 vaccination intention with network analysis of longitudinal data from Dutch adults.

ABSTRACT: Prior research into the relationship between attitudes and vaccination intention is predominantly cross-sectional and therefore does not provide insight into directions of relations. During the COVID-19 vaccines development and enrollment phase, we studied the temporal dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination intention in relation to attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines and the pandemic, vaccination in general, social norms and trust. The data are derived from a longitudinal survey study with Dutch participants from a research panel (N = 744; six measurements between December 2020 and May 2021; age 18-84 years [M = 53.32]) and analyzed with vector-autoregression network analyses. While cross-sectional results indicated that vaccination intention was relatively strongly related to attitudes toward th

SUBMITTER: Chambon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526393 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature