{"title":"THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSPIRACY BELIEFS, FEAR OF INJECTION, ATTITUDE TOWARDS COVID-19 VACCINE, AND VACCINE HESITANCY","authors":"Fuat Yalman, Y. Karagöz","doi":"10.31201/ijhmt.1183567","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aim: The main purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between conspiracy beliefs, fear of injection, attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine, and vaccine hesitancy. \nMethods: A population-based cross-sectional research design was used in the study. The population of the study consisted of individuals over the age of 18 residing in Adana city center between January-February-March 2022. The data were collected from 496 people using the online questionnaire technique. SPSS 23 and AMOS 26 package programs were used in the analysis of the data. \nResults: The effect of conspiracy theories on COVID-19 on vaccine hesitancy over attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines was found to be negative. Similarly, the effect of fear of injection on vaccine hesitancy on attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines was found to be negative. \nConclusion: Therefore, the attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine partially mediates the relationship between the conspiracy theories towards COVID-19, fear of injection, and vaccine hesitancy.","PeriodicalId":237682,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Health Management and Tourism","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Health Management and Tourism","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31201/ijhmt.1183567","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Aim: The main purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between conspiracy beliefs, fear of injection, attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine, and vaccine hesitancy.
Methods: A population-based cross-sectional research design was used in the study. The population of the study consisted of individuals over the age of 18 residing in Adana city center between January-February-March 2022. The data were collected from 496 people using the online questionnaire technique. SPSS 23 and AMOS 26 package programs were used in the analysis of the data.
Results: The effect of conspiracy theories on COVID-19 on vaccine hesitancy over attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines was found to be negative. Similarly, the effect of fear of injection on vaccine hesitancy on attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines was found to be negative.
Conclusion: Therefore, the attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine partially mediates the relationship between the conspiracy theories towards COVID-19, fear of injection, and vaccine hesitancy.