The effect of vaccination beliefs regarding vaccination benefits and COVID-19 fear on the number of vaccination injections.

Autor:	Hoang HT; Faculty of Psychology and Education, The University of Danang, University of Science and Education, Danang, Vietnam., Nguyen XTK; Faculty of Social Sciences and Public Relations, HUTECH University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Huynh SV; Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Hua TD; Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Tran HTT; Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Tran-Chi VL; Faculty of Psychology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2022 Oct 19; Vol. 13, pp. 968902. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 19 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2022.968902
Abstrakt:	The Coronavirus disease pandemic of 2019 is a vast worldwide public health hazard, impacting people of all ages and socioeconomic statuses. Vaccination is one of the most effective methods of controlling a pandemic like COVID-19. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the number of vaccination injections and fear of COVID-19 and test whether beliefs benefit from vaccination COVID-19 mediate the effect of fear of COVID-19 on the number of vaccination injections. A total of 649 Vietnamese adults were enrolled online to finish answering, including scales The Health Belief Model (HBM) and The Fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S), consisting of 340 (52.4%) males and 309 (47.6%) females. The data were analyzed using variance, regression, and a simple mediation model. The total score of COVID-19 fear was M = 22.26, SD = 5.49. Vietnamese fear of COVID-19 was at a medium level. Our results suggest that 18- to 20-year-olds are more fearful of COVID-19 than others. People who received the first dosage exhibited a greater fear of COVID-19 than those who received the second dose and were not inoculated. Additionally, the beliefs benefit of vaccination COVID-19 has a role in the relationship between the number of vaccination injections and fear of COVID-19. During the pandemic, adults in Vietnam are more afraid of COVID-19 than during prior outbreaks. Besides, the Vietnamese populace demonstrated a considerable demand for and high acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. The current study indicates that psychological counselors and therapists should counsel clients on the value of vaccination and address the fear of COVID-19 as public understanding of the benefits of vaccines increases. To further clarify the effect of this issue on the correlation between fear of COVID-19 and the number of vaccinations, the results of this study indicate that the existing vaccine communication factor for COVID-19 vaccination should be modified to increase confidence in the benefits of immunization. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Hoang, Nguyen, Huynh, Hua, Tran and Tran-Chi.)
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