Correlation Between Covid-19 Phobia, Conspiracy Mentality, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Vaccine Hesitancy among Assiut University Students | ||||
| Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 9, Issue 3, December 2022, Page 43-65 PDF (604.39 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2022.167701.1227 | ||||
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Nadia Abd El-Ghany Abd EL-Hameed1; Mervat Elshahat Ibrahim   2; Saleh Omar Abdullah3
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| 1Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing Suez Canal University | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Medicine & Health Science, Hodeidah University, Yemen | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic management depends on public acceptance of vaccines and vaccine-induced herd immunity remains the best hope for putting a stop to the pandemic. However, vaccination reluctance for COVID-19 remains a significant issue. Aim: This study aimedtoexplore the correlation between COVID-19 phobia, intolerance of uncertainty, conspiracy mentality and vaccine hesitancy among Assiut University students.Subjects and method: Design: A correlational descriptive research design was used. Setting: this study conducted in six randomly selected faculties at Assiut University. Subjects: A convenient sample of 1300 male and female students from the selected faculties. Tools: Socio-demographic data,COVID-19 phobia scale, conspiracy mentality questionnaire, intolerance of uncertainty scale and vaccine conspiracy beliefs scale. The results: The participant’s students' mean age was 20.52 ±1.33 years. 80.9% had previously suffered from COVID-19. 73.1% of the students had first degree relatives with COVID-19.The total mean scores of the students regarding COVID-19 Phobia and intolerance of uncertainty scales were (50.30 ±13.31 and 28.67 ± 9.35) respectively, whereas the mean scores of the conspiracy mentality and vaccine conspiracy beliefs among the students were (29.70. ± 13.12 and 25.98 ± 9.48) respectively. Conclusion: The current study revealed a strong correlation between COVID-19, intolerance of uncertainty, vaccine conspiracy and conspiracy mentality among studied students and moderate relation between COVID-19, intolerance of uncertainty, vaccine conspiracy and conspiracy mentality and socio-demographic data. Recommendations: Use a different way of social media to explain the importance of vaccines e.g. posters, brochures, gestures, educational videos and innovative technologies such as interactive mobile apps. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Conspiracy mentality. COVID-19 phobia; Intolerance of uncertainty; University students; Vaccine hesitancy | ||||
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