Individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the Italian post COVID-19 pandemic era

A wide range of survey studies have explored vaccination hesitancy/resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic and provided evidence that this can be explained by several individual variables from the ideological, clinical, and socio-affective domain. However, evidence about which individual variables p...

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Main Authors: Carmelo M Vicario, Massimo Mucciardi, Giulia Faraone, Chiara Lucifora, Hannah M Schade, Alessandra Falzone, Mohammad A Salehinejad, Giuseppe Craparo, Michael A Nitsche
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2306677
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Massimo Mucciardi
Giulia Faraone
Chiara Lucifora
Hannah M Schade
Alessandra Falzone
Mohammad A Salehinejad
Giuseppe Craparo
Michael A Nitsche
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Michael A Nitsche
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description A wide range of survey studies have explored vaccination hesitancy/resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic and provided evidence that this can be explained by several individual variables from the ideological, clinical, and socio-affective domain. However, evidence about which individual variables predict vaccine hesitancy in the post-pandemic state of COVID-19 is meager. We administered a battery of questionnaires to a group of 120 Italian participants with high and low scores on the adult vaccine hesitancy scale (aVHS) to investigate the predictive role of ideological (i.e. political orientation), clinical (i.e. anxiety, interoceptive accuracy), and socio-affective (i.e. alexithymia, disgust sensitivity/propensity, empathy) variables on vaccine hesitancy/resistance. This study provides evidence that lower interoceptive awareness and cognitive empathy are predictors of a greater hesitancy to get vaccinated in the post-pandemic COVID-19 state.
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spelling doaj-art-a6e4b56555de48a8b085e571eff4b3af2025-08-20T03:22:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2024-12-0120110.1080/21645515.2024.2306677Individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the Italian post COVID-19 pandemic eraCarmelo M Vicario0Massimo Mucciardi1Giulia Faraone2Chiara Lucifora3Hannah M Schade4Alessandra Falzone5Mohammad A Salehinejad6Giuseppe Craparo7Michael A Nitsche8Dipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e Degli Studi Culturali, Università di Messina, Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e Degli Studi Culturali, Università di Messina, Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e Degli Studi Culturali, Università di Messina, Messina, ItalyDipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, GermanyDipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e Degli Studi Culturali, Università di Messina, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, GermanyFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, Enna, ItalyDepartment of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, GermanyA wide range of survey studies have explored vaccination hesitancy/resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic and provided evidence that this can be explained by several individual variables from the ideological, clinical, and socio-affective domain. However, evidence about which individual variables predict vaccine hesitancy in the post-pandemic state of COVID-19 is meager. We administered a battery of questionnaires to a group of 120 Italian participants with high and low scores on the adult vaccine hesitancy scale (aVHS) to investigate the predictive role of ideological (i.e. political orientation), clinical (i.e. anxiety, interoceptive accuracy), and socio-affective (i.e. alexithymia, disgust sensitivity/propensity, empathy) variables on vaccine hesitancy/resistance. This study provides evidence that lower interoceptive awareness and cognitive empathy are predictors of a greater hesitancy to get vaccinated in the post-pandemic COVID-19 state.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2306677Vaccinationvaccine hesitancy/resistanceinteroceptioncognitive empathylogistic regression
spellingShingle Carmelo M Vicario
Massimo Mucciardi
Giulia Faraone
Chiara Lucifora
Hannah M Schade
Alessandra Falzone
Mohammad A Salehinejad
Giuseppe Craparo
Michael A Nitsche
Individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the Italian post COVID-19 pandemic era
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Vaccination
vaccine hesitancy/resistance
interoception
cognitive empathy
logistic regression
title Individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the Italian post COVID-19 pandemic era
title_full Individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the Italian post COVID-19 pandemic era
title_fullStr Individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the Italian post COVID-19 pandemic era
title_full_unstemmed Individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the Italian post COVID-19 pandemic era
title_short Individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the Italian post COVID-19 pandemic era
title_sort individual predictors of vaccine hesitancy in the italian post covid 19 pandemic era
topic Vaccination
vaccine hesitancy/resistance
interoception
cognitive empathy
logistic regression
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2306677
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