Investigation of the Effect of Attachment and Some Important Psychiatric Clinical Entities on the Relationship Between Covid 19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Distrust in Vaccines

Year 2022, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 157 - 168, 29.12.2022

Şakir Gıca , Hanife Başak Altunbek , Sena Karaca , Mine Şahingöz , Esra Çınar Tanrıverdi

Abstract

Objective: The aim of present study is to investigate the relationship between distrust of vaccines, which was found to be highly associated with COVID-19 anti-vaccine, and some psychiatric conditions such as attachment, anxiety, hostility, and psychoticism.
Methods: 462 adult participants were included in the study. A sociodemographic data form including questions on information about COVID-19 was filled by the participants. In addition, the participants were evaluated with the anxiety, obsessive-compulsive(OCD) and hostility subscale of the Symptom Check List – Revised 90 (SCL-90 R) scale and the Adults Attachment Style Scale (AASS).
Results: In logistic regression analysis, it was shown that concern about COVID-19 vaccines safety was effective on intention to be vaccinated (x2=228.667; N= 462; df=1; p<0.01). The relationship between believing COVID-19 vaccines safety and intention to get vaccinated is moderated by anxious/ambivalence attachment style, anxiety level, hostility and number of children.
Conclusion: In conclusion, anxious-avoidant attachment, anxiety level, hostility and number of children had moderate effect on the relationship between the safety concerns of vaccines and the intention to be vaccinated. Vaccine persuasion studies should focus on individual studies after public information.

Keywords

Vaccine hesitancy, anxious-avoidant attachment, anxiety level, COVID-19

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Bağlanma ve Psikiyatrik Önemli Bazı Klinik Antitelerin Covid 19 Aşı reddi/tereddütü ile Aşılara Olan Güvensizlik Arasındaki İlişkiye Etkisinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, COVID-19 aşı karşıtı ile yüksek düzeyde ilişkili olduğu tespit edilen aşılara güvensizlik arasındaki ilişkide bağlanma, anksiyete, düşmanlık ve psikotizm gibi bazı psikiyatrik durumlar moderator etkisini araştırmaktır.
Yöntem: Çalışmaya 462 yetişkin katılımcı dahil edildi. Katılımcılar tarafından COVID-19 ile ilgili bilgileri içeren sosyodemografik veri formu doldurulmuştur. Ayrıca Semptom Kontrol Listesi Revize 90 (SCL-90 R) ölçeğinin anksiyete, obsesif-kompulsif(OKB) ve düşmanlık alt ölçeği ve Yetişkin Bağlanma Biçimi Ölçeği (YBBÖ) ile katılımcılar değerlendirilmiştir.
Bulgular: Lojistik regresyon analizinde, COVID-19 aşılarının güvenliği ile ilgili endişenin aşı olma niyeti üzerinde etkili olduğu gösterildi (x2=228.667; N= 462; df=1; p<0.01). COVID-19 aşılarının güvenliğine inanma ile aşı olma niyeti arasındaki ilişkide, kaygılı/kararsız bağlanma biçi, kaygı düzeyi, düşmanlık ve çocuk sayısı tarafından modere edildiği saptandı.
Sonuç: Sonuç olarak, aşıların güvenlilik kaygıları ile aşı olma niyeti arasındaki ilişkide kaygılı-kaçınan bağlanma, kaygı düzeyi, düşmanlık ve çocuk sayısı orta düzeyde etkiye sahiptir. Aşı ikna çalışmaları kamuoyunun bilgilendirilmesinden sonra bireysel çalışmalara ağırlık vermelidir.

Keywords

: Aşı tereddütü, kaygılı-kaçıngan bağlanma, anksiyete düzeyi, COVID-19

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