Assessing the impact of novelty and conformity on hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA technology

Ching Leong; Lawrence Jin; Dayoung Kim; Jeongbin Kim; Yik Ying Teo; Teck-Hua Ho

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00123-6

Communications Medicine (May 2022)

Assessing the impact of novelty and conformity on hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA technology

Ching Leong,
Lawrence Jin,
Dayoung Kim,
Jeongbin Kim,
Yik Ying Teo,
Teck-Hua Ho

Affiliations

Ching Leong: Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost, National University of Singapore
Lawrence Jin: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Dayoung Kim: Global Asia Institute, National University of Singapore
Jeongbin Kim: NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
Yik Ying Teo: Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Teck-Hua Ho: Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00123-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Leong et al. surveyed more than 35,000 participants in nine countries to assess the impact of novelty and conformity on mRNA Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy. They show that the use of mRNA vaccine technology increases the odds of vaccine hesitancy significantly while social conformity reduces it.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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