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From Conspiracy to Hesitancy: The Longitudinal Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on Perceived Vaccine Effectiveness

Primer Autor	Baeza-Rivera, Maria Jose
Co-autores	Salazar-Fernandez, Camila Manriquez-Robles, Diego Salinas-Onate, Natalia Sallam, Malik
Título	From Conspiracy to Hesitancy: The Longitudinal Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on Perceived Vaccine Effectiveness
Editorial	MDPI
Revista	VACCINES
Lenguaje	en
Resumen	The embrace of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine conspiracies has been linked to vaccine hesitancy. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories and perceived vaccine effectiveness. The study utilized a longitudinal follow-up study in which adults in Chile completed surveys in December 2020 (T1) and May 2021 (T2). The psychometric properties of the five-item instrument on conspiracy theories for the COVID-19 vaccine were evaluated using data from T1 (n = 578). A confirmatory one-factor structure with suitable indicators of reliability was found. The longitudinal analysis (n = 292) revealed that conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine in T1 were associated with lower beliefs in its effectiveness in T2. However, no significant association was found between beliefs in effectiveness in T1 and conspiracy theories in T2. The study suggests that beliefs in conspiracy theories may temporally precede beliefs in vaccine effectiveness for COVID-19. The results have implications for strategies to address vaccine conspiracy beliefs and their implementation at the public policy level.
Fecha Publicación	2023
Tipo de Recurso	artículo original
doi	10.3390/vaccines11071150
Formato Recurso	PDF
Palabras Claves	vaccine confidence vaccine conspiracy vaccine efficacy vaccine effectiveness
Ubicación del archivo	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11071150
Categoría OCDE	Inmunología Investigación y Medicina Experimental
Materias	confianza en las vacunas conspiración de vacunas eficacia de la vacuna efectividad de la vacuna
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)	artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)	versión publicada
License	CC BY 4.0
Condición de la licencia (Recomendado-repetible)	CC BY 4.0
Derechos de acceso	acceso abierto
Access Rights	acceso abierto
Id de Web of Science	WOS:001036571700001
Tipo de ruta	verde# dorado
Categoría WOS	Inmunología Investigación y Medicina Experimental