Title Odrednice spremnosti na cijepljenje protiv Covid-19
Title (english) Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Readiness
Author Antonia Jelinić
Mentor Barbara Kalebić-Maglica (mentor)
Committee member Miljana Kukić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee member Barbara Kalebić-Maglica (član povjerenstva)
Committee member Tamara Mohorić (član povjerenstva)
Granter University of Rijeka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of Psychology) Rijeka
Defense date and country 2022-09-23, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline SOCIAL SCIENCES Psychology
Abstract Pandemija koronavirusa predstavlja veliku opasnost za opću populaciju te je zato važno dostići dovoljno visoke stope procijepljenosti protiv COVID-19 da bi se razvio imunitet stada. Kako bi se oblikovao što učinkovitiji program cijepljenja u Hrvatskoj, važno je provjeriti da li su odrednice spremnosti na cijepljenje protiv COVID-19 koje su dobivene u stranim
istraživanjima jednake onima u Hrvatskoj. Upravo je zato cilj provedenog istraživanja bio ispitati razlike u spremnosti na cijepljenje protiv COVID-19 s obzirom na različite individualne karakteristike osoba, ispitati doprinos različitih osobina ličnosti u predikciji spremnosti na cijepljenje, te ispitati zastupljenost različitih razloga za cijepljenje ili necijepljenje protiv COVID-19. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 1797 ispitanika (76.2% ženskih i 23.5% muških ispitanika, te se 0.3% izjasnilo kao ostali) čija se dob kretala od 18 do 77 godina (M = 36.07; SD = 11.60). Dobiveni rezultati ukazuju da su najčešći razlozi za cijepljenje mišljenje da će se tako smanjiti nepoželjne posljedice COVID-a, želja za povratkom normalnom načinu života, te mišljenje da time štite bližnje od moguće zaraze, dok su najčešći razlozi na necijepljene mišljenje da cjepivo nije dovoljno istraženo, nuspojave uzrokovane cjepivom, te mišljenje da cjepivo nije dovoljno efikasno. Dobiveni podaci također ukazuju da muške osobe, osobe mlađe dobi, nižeg obrazovanja, osobe s boravištima u manjim naseljima, s nižim imovinskim statusom, s desnom političkom orijentacijom, osobe kojima su izvor informiranosti socijalni mediji i internet, koje nisu zdravstveni radnici, te osobe koje nisu preboljele COVID-19 iskazuju nižu spremnost na cijepljenje protiv COVID19. Naposljetku se pokazalo da neuroticizam i savjesnost značajno pridonose objašnjenju varijance spremnosti na cijepljenje protiv COVID-19. Točnije, osobe s višim neuroticizmom i nižom savjesnošću imaju višu spremnost na cijepljenje protiv COVID-19.
Abstract (english) The coronavirus pandemic poses a great danger to the general population, and that is why it is important to achieve high enough vaccination rates against COVID-19 in order to develop herd immunity. In order to create the most effective vaccination program in Croatia, it is important to check whether the determinants of COVID-19 vaccination readiness obtained in foreign research are the same as those in Croatia. That is why the aim of the this research was to examine the differences in COVID-19 vaccination readiness with regard to different individual characteristics of people, to examine the contribution of different personality traits in the prediction of vaccination readiness, and to examine the representation of different reasons for vaccination or not to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The study involved 1,797 respondents (1369 female and 422 male respondents, also 6 declared themselves as others), whose ages ranged from 18 to 77 (M = 36.07; SD = 11.60). The obtained results suggest that the most common reasons for vaccination are the opinion that this will reduce the undesirable consequences of COVID, the desire to return to a normal lifestyle, and the opinion this
protects their loved ones from a possible infection, while the most common reasons for not being vaccinated are the opinion that the vaccine is not sufficiently researched, side effects caused by the vaccine, and the opinion that the vaccine is not effective enough. The obtained data also indicates that males, people of younger age, people with lower education, people residing in smaller settlements, with lower income status, with a right-wing political orientation, people whose source of information is social media and the internet, who are not healthcare workers and people who have not recovered from COVID-19 show a lower COVID-19 vaccination readiness. Finally, it was shown that neuroticism and conscientiousness significantly contribute to the explanation of the variance of willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19. More precisely, people with higher neuroticism and lower conscientiousness have a higher COVID-19 vaccination readiness.
Keywords
pandemija koronavirusa
cijepljenje protiv COVID-19
sociodemografski čimbenici
osobine ličnosti
Keywords (english)
coronavirus pandemic
vaccination against COVID-19
sociodemographic factors
personality traits
Language croatian
URN:NBN urn:nbn:hr:186:723505
Study programme Title: Psychology Study programme type: university Study level: graduate Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
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