Identity resilience, science mistrust, COVID-19 risk and fear predictors of vaccine positivity and vaccination likelihood: A survey of UK and Portuguese samples

Glynis M. Breakwell; Rusi Jaspal; Daniel B. Wright

doi:10.1177/13591053231161891

Identity resilience, science mistrust, COVID-19 risk and fear predictors of vaccine positivity and vaccination likelihood: A survey of UK and Portuguese samples

Glynis M. Breakwell, Rusi Jaspal, Daniel B. Wright

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Based on Identity Process Theory, we hypothesised that two elements of identity resilience (identity worth and identity continuity) differentially predict variance in COVID-19 fear and risk, science mistrust, vaccine positivity, and vaccination likelihood. Data from an online survey of 643 UK and 485 Portuguese adults collected during March 2021 showed the UK and Portuguese did not differ significantly on vaccination likelihood or identity resilience. UK respondents reported less science mistrust, COVID-19 risk, and fear, but higher vaccine positivity than the Portuguese. Identity worth and identity continuity differed between countries in their effects on science mistrust, COVID-19 fear, risk, vaccine positivity and vaccination likelihood. Science mistrust and COVID-19 fear proved key factors in predicting vaccine positivity and vaccination likelihood. We conclude the roles of discrete elements of identity resilience in health behaviour require further examination and action reducing prevalence of specific forms of science mistrust can improve vaccination likelihood.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	747-759
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	28
Issue number	8
Early online date	26 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231161891
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2023

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The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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The current article is accompanied by the relevant raw data generated during and/or analyzed during the study, including files detailing the analyses and either the complete database or other relevant raw data. These files are available in the Figshare repository and accessible as Supplemental Material via the SAGE Journals platform. Ethics approval, participant permissions, and all other relevant approvals were granted for this data sharing.

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The current article is accompanied by the relevant raw data generated during and/or analysed during the study, including files detailing the analyses and either the complete database or other relevant raw data. These files are available in the Figshare repository and accessible as Supplemental Material via the Sage Journals platform. Ethics approval, participant permissions, and all other relevant approvals were granted for this data sharing.

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The authors acknowledge the contribution to this research of Maria Luisa Lima and Cristina Camilo, Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal. The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Keywords

COVID-19 vaccination
fear
identity resilience
risk
science mistrust

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Applied Psychology

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