The influence of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 on vaccination hesitancy among postsecondary students

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The aim of the present study was to explore the influence of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 on vaccination hesitancy among Slovenian postsecondary students. A cross-sectional study using a set of previously tested instruments and ad hoc questions created by the authors was chosen as the method to gain insight into various health and sociodemographic aspects of Slovenian postsecondary students affected by the COVID-19-induced closures and suspensions of educational activities at tertiary educational institutions (N = 5999). Overall, 39.7% of participating students expressed an intention to get vaccinated at the first possible opportunity, whereas 29.2% expressed no intent to do so. The highest vaccine hesitancy was observed among prospective teachers (50.3%) and the lowest among prospective physicians (5,7%). When examining the role of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 on the Slovenian postsecondary students’ intentions to get vaccinated the results of logistic regression showed that only fear of COVID-19 played a mild and significant role.

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Vaccine hesitancy: Definition, scope and determinants.

Noni MacDonald (2015)

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Branko Gabrovec:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3885-1308

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Sci Rep

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Title: Scientific Reports

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 2045-2322

Publication date (Electronic): 29 November 2022

Publication date PMC-release: 29 November 2022

Publication date Collection: 2022

Volume: 12

Electronic Location Identifier: 20564

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[1 ]GRID grid.8647.d, ISNI 0000 0004 0637 0731, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, , University of Maribor, ; Koroška Cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

[2 ]GRID grid.414776.7, National Institute of Public Health, ; Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25221-2

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Date received : 19 May 2022

Date accepted : 28 November 2022

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Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004895, European Social Fund;

Award ID: 1303/2013

Award Recipient : Andrej Šorgo Nuša Crnkovič Katarina Cesar Špela Selak Mitja Vrdelja Branko Gabrovec

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Vaccine hesitancy: Definition, scope and determinants.

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