Determinants of university students' COVID-19 vaccination intentions and behavior.

ABSTRACT: Vaccination hesitancy has been a major challenge for health authorities and societies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The general determinants of vaccination intentions and behavior include sociodemographic and health-related, psychological, and communication-related factors, with varying relevance for different types of vaccinations, countries, and target groups. The predictors of university students' COVID-19 vaccination behavior have not been sufficiently studied. Using a German university as an example and based on an online survey of 1398 university students, we investigated factors related to (a) the likelihood of vaccination against COVID-19 and (b) vaccination intention among those who had not been vaccinated by summer of 2021. Psychological factors showed high relevance. Field of st

SUBMITTER: Schafer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9610342 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature