TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19, Conspiracy Beliefs About Vaccines and Intention to Vaccinate Against COVID-19
T2 - A Cross-National Indirect Effect Model in 13 Latin American Countries
AU - Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
AU - Tomás, José M.
AU - Yupanqui-Lorenzo, Daniel E.
AU - Valencia, Pablo D.
AU - Carbajal-León, Carlos
AU - Vilca, Lindsey W.
AU - Ventura-León, José
AU - Paredes-Angeles, Rubí
AU - Arias Gallegos, Walter L.
AU - Reyes-Bossio, Mario
AU - Delgado-Campusano, Mariel
AU - Gallegos, Miguel
AU - Rojas-Jara, Claudio
AU - Polanco-Carrasco, Roberto
AU - Cervigni, Mauricio
AU - Martino, Pablo
AU - Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías
AU - Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo
AU - Palacios Segura, Diego Alejandro
AU - Samaniego-Pinho, Antonio
AU - Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés
AU - Puerta-Cortés, Diana Ximena
AU - Camargo, Andrés
AU - Torales, Julio
AU - Monge Blanco, J. Arkangel
AU - González, Pedronel
AU - Smith-Castro, Vanessa
AU - Petzold-Rodriguez, Olimpia
AU - Corrales-Reyes, Ibraín Enrique
AU - Calderón, Raymundo
AU - Matute Rivera, Wendy Yamilet
AU - Ferrufino-Borja, Daniela
AU - Ceballos-Vásquez, Paula
AU - Muñoz-del-Carpio-Toia, Agueda
AU - Palacios, Jorge
AU - Burgos-Videla, Carmen
AU - Florez León, Ana María Eduviges
AU - Vergara, Ibeth
AU - Vega, Diego
AU - Shulmeyer, Marion K.
AU - Barria-Asenjo, Nicol A.
AU - Urrutia Rios, Hassell Tatiana
AU - Lira Lira, Arelly Esther
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - The present study explored the predictive capacity of fear of COVID-19 on the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the influence in this relationship of conspiracy beliefs as a possible mediating psychological variable, in 13 Latin American countries. A total of 5779 people recruited through non-probabilistic convenience sampling participated. To collect information, we used the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Vaccine conspiracy beliefs Scale-COVID-19 and a single item of intention to vaccinate. A full a priori Structural Equation Model was used; whereas, cross-country invariance was performed from increasingly restricted structural models. The results indicated that, fear of COVID-19 positively predicts intention to vaccinate and the presence of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines. The latter negatively predicted intention to vaccinate against COVID-19. Besides, conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines had an indirect effect on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in the 13 countries assessed. Finally, the cross-national similarities of the mediational model among the 13 participating countries are strongly supported. The study is the first to test a cross-national mediational model across variables in a large number of Latin American countries. However, further studies with other countries in other regions of the world are needed.
AB - The present study explored the predictive capacity of fear of COVID-19 on the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the influence in this relationship of conspiracy beliefs as a possible mediating psychological variable, in 13 Latin American countries. A total of 5779 people recruited through non-probabilistic convenience sampling participated. To collect information, we used the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Vaccine conspiracy beliefs Scale-COVID-19 and a single item of intention to vaccinate. A full a priori Structural Equation Model was used; whereas, cross-country invariance was performed from increasingly restricted structural models. The results indicated that, fear of COVID-19 positively predicts intention to vaccinate and the presence of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines. The latter negatively predicted intention to vaccinate against COVID-19. Besides, conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines had an indirect effect on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in the 13 countries assessed. Finally, the cross-national similarities of the mediational model among the 13 participating countries are strongly supported. The study is the first to test a cross-national mediational model across variables in a large number of Latin American countries. However, further studies with other countries in other regions of the world are needed.
KW - COVID-19
KW - beliefs
KW - conspiracy
KW - fear
KW - vaccination
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85165553053
U2 - 10.1177/01632787231186621
DO - 10.1177/01632787231186621
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85165553053
SN - 0163-2787
VL - 46
SP - 371
EP - 383
JO - Evaluation and the Health Professions
JF - Evaluation and the Health Professions
IS - 4
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being