Vaccination policy reactance: Predictors, consequences, and countermeasures

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Ending the COVID-19 pandemic will require rapid large-scale uptake of vaccines against the disease. Mandating vaccination is discussed as a suitable strategy to increase uptake. In a series of cross-sectional quota-representative surveys and two preregistered experiments conducted in Germany and the US (total N=4629), we investigated (i) correlates of individual preferences for mandatory (vs voluntary) COVID-19 vaccination policies; (ii) potential detrimental effects of mandatory policies; and (iii) interventions potentially counteracting them. Results indicate that reactance elicited by mandates can cause detrimental effects, such as decreasing the intention to vaccinate against influenza and adhere to COVID-19 related protective measures.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Health Psychology
Vol/bind27
Udgave nummer6
Sider (fra-til)1394-1407
Antal sider14
ISSN1359-1053
DOI
StatusUdgivet - maj 2022

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Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the German Research Foundation, BE3970/11-1 and BE3970/12-1; the Federal Centre for Health Education, the Robert Koch-Institute, the Leibniz Centre for Psychological Information and Documentation, the University of Erfurt, and the University of Copenhagen (no funding numbers).

Funding Information:
Studies 1 and 2 were conducted as part of Germany?s COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO), a joint project of the University of Erfurt (Cornelia Betsch [PI], Lars Korn, Philipp Sprengholz, Philipp Schmid, Lisa Felgendreff, Sarah Eitze), the Robert Koch Institute (RKI; Lothar H. Wieler, Patrick Schmich), the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA; Heidrun Thaiss, Freia De Bock), the Leibniz Centre for Psychological Information and Documentation (ZPID; Michael Bosnjak), the Science Media Center (SMC; Volker Stollorz), the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM; Michael Ramharter), and the Yale Institute for Global Health (Saad Omer). The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the German Research Foundation, BE3970/11-1 and BE3970/12-1; the Federal Centre for Health Education, the Robert Koch-Institute, the Leibniz Centre for Psychological Information and Documentation, the University of Erfurt, and the University of Copenhagen (no funding numbers).

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