The credibility of health information sources as predictors of attitudes toward vaccination : the results from a longitudinal study in Poland

2021
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dc.abstract.enBackground: The research focused on the relationships between attitudes towards vaccination and the trust placed in different sources of information (science, experts and the information available on the Internet) before and during COVID-19. Method: A longitudinal design was applied with the first measurement in February 2018 (N = 1039). The second measurement (N = 400) was carried out in December 2020 to test if the pandemic influenced the trust in different sources of information. Results: The final analyses carried out on final sample of 400 participants showed that there has been no change in trust in the Internet as a source of knowledge about health during the pandemic. However, the trust in science, physicians, subjective health knowledge, as well as the attitude towards the vaccination has declined. Regression analysis also showed that changes in the level of trust in physicians and science were associated with analogous (in the same direction) changes in attitudes toward vaccination. The study was also focused on the trust in different sources of health knowledge as possible predictors of willingness to be vaccinated against SARS-nCoV-2. However, it appeared that the selected predictors explained a small part of the variance. This suggests that attitudes toward the new COVID vaccines may have different sources than attitudes toward vaccines that have been known to the public for a long time.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Zarządzania i Komunikacji Społecznej : Instytut Psychologii Stosowanejpl
dc.contributor.authorStasiuk, Katarzyna - 383711 pl
dc.contributor.authorPolak, Mateusz - 107066 pl
dc.contributor.authorDoliński, Dariuszpl
dc.contributor.authorMaciuszek, Józef - 130159 pl
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-20T18:41:09Z
dc.date.available2021-09-20T18:41:09Z
dc.date.issued2021pl
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dc.description.number8pl
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dc.description.volume9pl
dc.identifier.articleid933pl
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/vaccines9080933pl
dc.identifier.eissn2076-393Xpl
dc.identifier.projectROD UJ / OPpl
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/278632
dc.languageengpl
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dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.enattitude towards vaccinationpl
dc.subject.entrust in physicianspl
dc.subject.entrust in sciencepl
dc.subject.enInternet as the source of health informationpl
dc.subject.enCOVID-19pl
dc.subtypeArticlepl
dc.titleThe credibility of health information sources as predictors of attitudes toward vaccination : the results from a longitudinal study in Polandpl
dc.title.journalVaccines (Basel)pl
dc.title.volumeSpecial Issue : COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake : insights from behavioural and social sciencespl
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dc.abstract.enpl
Background: The research focused on the relationships between attitudes towards vaccination and the trust placed in different sources of information (science, experts and the information available on the Internet) before and during COVID-19. Method: A longitudinal design was applied with the first measurement in February 2018 (N = 1039). The second measurement (N = 400) was carried out in December 2020 to test if the pandemic influenced the trust in different sources of information. Results: The final analyses carried out on final sample of 400 participants showed that there has been no change in trust in the Internet as a source of knowledge about health during the pandemic. However, the trust in science, physicians, subjective health knowledge, as well as the attitude towards the vaccination has declined. Regression analysis also showed that changes in the level of trust in physicians and science were associated with analogous (in the same direction) changes in attitudes toward vaccination. The study was also focused on the trust in different sources of health knowledge as possible predictors of willingness to be vaccinated against SARS-nCoV-2. However, it appeared that the selected predictors explained a small part of the variance. This suggests that attitudes toward the new COVID vaccines may have different sources than attitudes toward vaccines that have been known to the public for a long time.
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Zarządzania i Komunikacji Społecznej : Instytut Psychologii Stosowanej
dc.contributor.authorpl
Stasiuk, Katarzyna - 383711
dc.contributor.authorpl
Polak, Mateusz - 107066
dc.contributor.authorpl
Doliński, Dariusz
dc.contributor.authorpl
Maciuszek, Józef - 130159
dc.date.accessioned
2021-09-20T18:41:09Z
dc.date.available
2021-09-20T18:41:09Z
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2021
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10.3390/vaccines9080933
dc.identifier.eissnpl
2076-393X
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ROD UJ / OP
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https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/278632
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eng
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eng
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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CC-BY
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
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otwarte czasopismo
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attitude towards vaccination
dc.subject.enpl
trust in physicians
dc.subject.enpl
trust in science
dc.subject.enpl
Internet as the source of health information
dc.subject.enpl
COVID-19
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Article
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The credibility of health information sources as predictors of attitudes toward vaccination : the results from a longitudinal study in Poland
dc.title.journalpl
Vaccines (Basel)
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Special Issue : COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake : insights from behavioural and social sciences
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