Relationship between fear of COVID-19, conspiracy beliefs about vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: a cross-national indirect effect model in 13 latin american countries

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 thro...

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Autores: Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás, Tomás, José M., Yupanqui Lorenzo, Daniel E., Valencia, Pablo D., Carbajal León, Carlos, Vilca, Lindsey W., Ventura León, José, Paredes Angeles, Rubí, Arias Gallegos, Walter L., Reyes Bossio, Mario, Delgado Campusano, Mariel, Gallegos, Miguel, Rojas Jara, Claudio, Polanco Carrasco, Roberto, Cervigni, Mauricio, Martino, Pablo, Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías, Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo, Palacios Segura, Diego Alejandro, Samaniego Pinho, Antonio, Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés, Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena, Camargo, Andrés, Torales, Julio, Monge Blanco, J. Arkangel, González, Pedronel, Smith Castro, Vanessa, Petzold Rodriguez, Olimpia, Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique, Calderón, Raymundo, Matute Rivera, Wendy Yamilet, Ferrufino Borja, Daniela, Ceballos Vásquez, Paula Andrea, Muñoz del Carpio Toia, Agueda, Palacios, Jorge, Burgos Videla, Carmen, Florez León, Ana María Eduviges, Vergara, Ibeth, Vega, Diego, Shulmeyer, Marion K., Barria Asenjo, Nicol A., Urrutia Rios, Hassell Tatiana, Lira Lira, Arelly Esther
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/89970
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10669/89970
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CORONAVIRUS
BELIEF
VACCINATION
LATIN AMERICA
FEAR
CONSPIRACY
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Sumario: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.

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