Table 4 Psychological indicators of vaccine acceptance/hesitancy/resistance in the Irish sample.

From: Psychological characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in Ireland and the United Kingdom

 

Vaccine acceptance a

Vaccine hesitance b

Vaccine resistance c

Hesitance & Resistance d

 
 

n = 665 (65%)

n = 262 (26%)

n = 9CCC

n = 359 (35%)

 
 

Mean

SD

SE

Mean

SD

SE

Mean

SD

SE

η2

Mean

SD

SE

d

Personality

              

Extraversion

6.05

1.90

0.07

6.20

1.84

0.11

6.25

2.04

0.21

0.002

6.21

1.89

0.10

0.08

Agreeableness

7.08 d

1.57

0.06

6.84

1.64

0.10

6.87

1.61

0.16

0.005

6.84 a

1.63

0.09

0.15

Conscientiousness

7.48

1.72

0.07

7.52

1.72

0.11

7.57

1.66

0.17

0.000

7.53

1.70

0.09

0.03

Neuroticism

5.55

2.11

0.08

5.52

1.94

0.12

5.66

2.15

0.22

0.000

5.56

1.99

0.11

0.01

Openness

6.62

1.65

0.06

6.59

1.62

0.10

6.90

1.61

0.16

0.002

6.67

1.62

0.09

0.03

LOC

              

Chance

11.19

3.76

0.15

11.15

3.10

0.19

10.77

4.09

0.42

0.001

11.04

3.39

0.18

0.04

Powerful others

9.77

4.09

0.16

9.60

3.69

0.23

10.19

4.14

0.42

0.001

9.76

3.82

0.20

0.003

Internal

8.77d

3.22

0.12

9.20

2.89

0.18

9.24

3.42

0.35

0.004

9.21a

3.03

0.16

0.14

CRT

              

Tests 1-3

0.88 d

1.09

0.04

0.76

0.97

0.06

0.70

0.99

0.10

0.004

0.74 a

0.97

0.05

0.25

Altruism

              

Identify with others

11.07 bd

2.43

0.09

10.52 a

2.38

0.15

10.44

2.59

0.26

0.012

10.50 a

2.43

0.13

0.24

Care about others

11.59 bd

2.53

0.10

10.92 a

2.69

0.17

11.22

2.73

0.28

0.013

11.00 a

2.70

0.14

0.23

Help others

11.40 bd

2.50

0.10

10.93 a

2.62

0.16

11.03

2.84

0.29

0.007

10.96 a

2.68

0.14

0.17

Beliefs

              

Religious

25.23 bd

6.43

0.25

24.08 a

5.70

0.36

23.78

6.39

0.66

0.009

23.99 a

5.89

0.32

0.20

Conspiracy

35.59cd

9.12

0.35

36.60 c

9.24

0.57

40.20 ab

9.50

0.96

0.021

37.57 a

9.44

0.50

0.21

Paranoia

12.05

5.02

0.20

12.32

4.37

0.27

13.18

5.04

0.51

0.005

12.55

4.57

0.24

0.10

Trust

              

State

14.33 bcd

4.44

0.17

13.29 a

4.07

0.25

12.16 a

4.70

0.48

0.025

12.98 a

4.27

0.23

0.31

Scientists

3.76 bcd

0.91

0.04

3.30 a

1.02

0.06

3.21 a

1.15

0.12

0.056

3.27 a

1.05

0.06

0.51

Health care profs

3.95 bcd

0.93

0.04

3.57 a

0.99

0.06

3.36 a

1.20

0.12

0.047

3.51 a

1.05

0.06

0.45

Socio-political views

              

Authoritarianism

17.80 d

3.99

0.16

18.42

3.45

0.21

18.09

4.06

0.41

0.005

18.33 a

3.62

0.19

0.14

Social dominance

17.94 bd

5.34

0.21

19.15a

4.83

0.30

18.87

5.25

0.16

0.011

19.08 a

5.05

0.27

0.22

Migrant views 1

6.52 bd

2.37

0.09

5.86 a

2.19

0.14

5.92

2.44

0.25

0.017

5.88 a

2.26

0.12

0.27

Migrant views 2

6.57 bcd

2.49

0.10

5.85 a

2.24

0.14

5.90 a

2.50

0.25

0.019

5.86 a

2.31

0.12

0.29

  1. Note: abcd = mean difference between denoted categories is significant at the <0.001 level. abcd = mean difference between denoted categories is significant at 0.05 to 0.001 level. Statistically significant comparisons in bold. Column d is a two-tailed independent samples t-test.