Prosocial vaccination
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Prosocial vaccination. / Boehm, Robert; Betsch, Cornelia.
I: Current Opinion in Psychology, Bind 43, 02.2022, s. 307-311.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Prosocial vaccination
AU - Boehm, Robert
AU - Betsch, Cornelia
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Most vaccines not only directly protect vaccinated individuals but also provide a social benefit through community protection. Therefore, vaccination can be considered a prosocial act to protect others. We review the recent empirical evidence on (i) how prosocial concerns relate to vaccination intentions and (ii) promoting prosocial vaccination through explaining community protection or inducing concern for vulnerable others. The available evidence suggests that promoting the prosocial aspect of vaccinations could be a vaccination communication strategy to improve vaccine uptake. We point to several areas in which future research can test the boundary conditions of this approach and increase its effectiveness.
AB - Most vaccines not only directly protect vaccinated individuals but also provide a social benefit through community protection. Therefore, vaccination can be considered a prosocial act to protect others. We review the recent empirical evidence on (i) how prosocial concerns relate to vaccination intentions and (ii) promoting prosocial vaccination through explaining community protection or inducing concern for vulnerable others. The available evidence suggests that promoting the prosocial aspect of vaccinations could be a vaccination communication strategy to improve vaccine uptake. We point to several areas in which future research can test the boundary conditions of this approach and increase its effectiveness.
KW - Prosociality
KW - Vaccination
KW - Vaccine uptake
KW - Community protection
KW - Herd immunity
U2 - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.010
DO - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.010
M3 - Review
C2 - 34517200
VL - 43
SP - 307
EP - 311
JO - Current Opinion in Psychology
JF - Current Opinion in Psychology
SN - 2352-250X
ER -
ID: 288854409