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- Title
The Mediating Role of Germ Aversion in the Relationship between Fear of COVID-19 and Intention to Vaccinate.
- Authors
KARAGÖZ, Yalçın; YALMAN, Fuat
- Abstract
Objective: In the study, it was aimed to determine the fear level of COVID-19 and to demonstrate the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to vaccinate. Materials and Methods: The study population consisted of young, middle, and elderly patients and their relatives who applied to a family medicine unit operating in the city center of Düzce. Data were collected from 530 people using the face-to-face survey technique. The researchers used IBM SPSS Statistic Base 23 V and AMOS package programs for statistical analysis. Results: The empirical result of the study revealed that as the fear level of COVID-19 increased, the intention to get vaccinated for COVID-19 increased positively. In addition, it has been determined that germ aversion behavior has a significant indirect effect and fully mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to get vaccinated. Conclusions: This research revealed that increasing COVID-19 fear level positively increases the intention to be vaccinated through high germ aversion behavior.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; VACCINATION; MICROORGANISMS; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; DATA analysis
- Publication
Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences (OTJHS) / Online Türk Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2023, Vol 8, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
2459-1467
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26453/otjhs.1077803