Taking a COVID-19 Vaccine or not? Do trust in government and trust in experts help us to understand vaccination intention?

Jan Wynen; Sophie Op de Beeck; Koen Verhoest; Monika Glavina; Frédérique Six; Pierre Van Damme; Phillipe Beutels; Greet Hendrickx; Koen Pepermans

doi:10.1177/00953997211073459

Taking a COVID-19 Vaccine or not? Do trust in government and trust in experts help us to understand vaccination intention?

Jan Wynen^*, Sophie Op de Beeck, Koen Verhoest, Monika Glavina, Frédérique Six, Pierre Van Damme, Phillipe Beutels, Greet Hendrickx, Koen Pepermans

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Abstract

Governments worldwide are relying on the COVID-19 vaccines as the solution for ending the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting crisis. Although scientific progress in the development of a vaccine has been astonishing, policymakers are facing an extra hurdle as increasingly more people appear to be hesitant in their intention to take such a vaccine. Based on a large Corona survey in Belgium, this study aims to explain the vaccination intention by linking it to trust in government and experts, while accounting for individuals’ risk perceptions and prosocialness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1875-1901
Number of pages	27
Journal	Administration and Society
Volume	54
Issue number	10
Early online date	14 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997211073459
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

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The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The paper has also benefited from the funding of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) (Grant G0G1920N, 2020 and FN7010, 2019) and the BOF/COVID project on ‘Trust, legitimacy and intended compliance with COVID-19 exit strategy measures’ (project number FFB200181-42817). The ‘Grote Corona-studie’ is supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). This article has benefited from the interaction within the GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence (University of Antwerp, Belgium). See https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/projecten/coronastudie/ .

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Keywords

COVID-19
crisis management
crisis management in experts
trust in experts
trust in government
vaccination intention
vaccine hesitancy

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