Capasso, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-9094-5635, Caso, D. orcid.org/0000-0002-6579-963X and Conner, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-6229-8143 (2021) Anticipating pride or regret? Effects of anticipated affect focused persuasive messages on intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Social Science & Medicine, 289. 114416. ISSN 0277-9536
Abstract
Understanding the factors that increase intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines is essential to maximise the vaccination campaign effectiveness. The present experimental study evaluated the effect of exposure to messages targeting cognitive attitude plus anticipated positive (pride) or negative (regret) affective reactions on intention to get vaccinated. Participants included 484 Italian adults randomly allocated to one of four conditions: 1) cognitive attitude message; 2) cognitive attitude plus positive affect message; 3) cognitive attitude plus negative affect message; 4) control condition (no message). Results showed that participants in the second condition reported greater intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 compared with those in the control condition. Parallel mediation analysis indicated that the effect of the second condition on intention was fully mediated by cognitive attitude and anticipated positive affect. These findings suggest that future campaigns aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccination intention could usefully target both cognitive attitude and anticipated positive affect.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2021, Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
Keywords: | COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccination; Intention; Attitude; Anticipated affective reactions |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2023 11:55 |
Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2023 11:55 |
Published Version: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114416 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205207 |