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Wang, P-W, Ahorsu, DK, Lin, C-Y, Chen, I-H, Yen, C-F, Kuo, Y-J, Griffiths, MD 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Pakpour, AH,
2021.
Motivation to have COVID-19 vaccination explained using an extended protection motivation theory among university students in China: the role of information sources.
Vaccines, 9 (4): 380.
ISSN 2076-393X
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Abstract
Background: The aims of the present study were to examine the prediction of the threat and coping appraisal utilizing an extended protection motivation theory (PMT) for the motivation to have COVID-19 vaccination and the influence of various information sources on coping appraisal among university students in China.
Methods: The sample comprised 3145 students from 43 universities in China who completed an online survey including PMT constructs as well as constructs added to PMT. The PMT constructs comprised motivation to have COVID-19 vaccination, threat appraisal, and coping appraisal. The extended PMT constructs comprised knowledge about mechanisms and information sources of COVID-19 vaccination.
Results: Perceived severity of COVID-19 was positively associated with motivation to have COVID-19 vaccination. Receiving information concerning COVID-19 vaccination from medical personnel was associated with greater self-efficacy, response efficacy, and knowledge, whereas receiving information concerning COVID-19 vaccination from coworkers/colleagues was associated with less response efficacy and knowledge. Receiving online information concerning COVID-19 vaccination was associated with greater response cost of vaccination efficacy and less knowledge.
Conclusions: This study supported the prediction of perceived severity in the PMT for motivation to have COVID-19 vaccination among university students in China. Vaccination information sources have different effects on students' coping appraisal of COVID-19 vaccination.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Vaccines |
| Creators: | Wang, P.-W., Ahorsu, D.K., Lin, C.-Y., Chen, I.-H., Yen, C.-F., Kuo, Y.-J., Griffiths, M.D. and Pakpour, A.H. |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Date: | 13 April 2021 |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Number: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 2076-393X |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.3390/vaccines9040380 DOI 1431416 Other |
| Rights: | © 2021 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and con‐ ditions of the Creative Commons At‐ tribution (CC BY) license (http://cre‐ ativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Jeremy Silvester |
| Date Added: | 21 Apr 2021 11:15 |
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2021 15:03 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/42736 |
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