Psychometric development of the COVID-19 vaccine misinformation scale and effects on vaccine hesitancy

Bok, Stephen; Martin, Daniel E.; Acosta, Erik; Shum, James; Harvie, Jason; Lee, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102087

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“…Misinformation refers to false or misleading information that promotes claims already debunked by scientific evidence or expert opinions (Bok et al, 2023). In the COVID-19 context, concerns about the potential side effects, expedited development procedure, safety, and effectiveness associated with the COVID-19 vaccines have been mixed with conspiracy theories and malicious anti-vaccination discourse in vaccine-related misinformation (Featherstone & Zhang, 2020; Funk & Tyson, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Exposure, Beliefs, Fear, and Information Avoidance via the Stimulus–Organism–Response Framework

Xu,

Lin,

Chen

2023

Science Communication

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Empirical evidence generated from theory-driven research addressing the relationship between misinformation and vaccine information avoidance during a pandemic remains lacking. Using the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) framework, this study examined the influence of vaccine misinformation exposure and information overload on cognitive and affective responses as well as vaccine information avoidance behaviors. Findings showed that misinformation exposure predicted cognitive health beliefs (perceived vaccination barriers and benefits) and negative emotions (fear) toward the vaccines; health beliefs in turn predicted information avoidance. Information overload moderated (a) the relationship between misinformation exposure and health beliefs and (b) the relation between misinformation exposure and fear.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%