Table 5 Psychological indicators of vaccine acceptance/hesitancy/resistance in the UK 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 = 1383 (69%)

n = 501 (25%)

n = 124 (6%)

n = 625 (31%)

 
 

Mean

SD

SE

Mean

SD

SE

Mean

SD

SE

η2

Mean

SD

SE

d

Personality

              

Extraversion

5.55

1.80

0.05

5.39

1.61

0.07

5.47

1.77

0.16

0.002

5.41a

1.64

0.07

0.08

Agreeableness

6.85bcd

1.61

0.04

6.58a

1.53

0.07

6.23a

1.76

0.16

0.012

6.50a

1.58

0.06

0.22

Conscientiousness

7.55bcd

1.73

0.05

7.31 a

1.72

0.08

7.03 a

1.87

0.17

0.007

7.25a

1.75

0.07

0.17

Neuroticism

5.63d

2.15

0.06

5.83

2.01

0.09

5.98

2.08

0.19

0.003

5.86a

2.03

0.08

0.11

Openness

6.52

1.69

0.05

6.48

1.64

0.07

6.52

1.44

0.13

0.000

6.45

1.60

0.06

0.04

LOC

              

Chance

11.25bcd

3.81

0.10

11.83a

3.35

0.15

12.12a

3.89

0.35

0.007

11.89a

3.46

0.14

0.17

Powerful others

14.14bcd

4.26

0.11

13.52a

4.02

0.18

12.83a

4.49

0.40

0.008

13.38

4.12

0.16

0.18

Internal

9.11bcd

3.16

0.08

9.77a

3.08

0.14

10.06a

3.84

0.35

0.011

9.83

3.25

0.13

0.22

CRT

              

Tests 1–3

.96d

1.09

0.03

0.84

1.02

0.05

0.73

0.99

0.09

0.004

0.81a

1.01

0.04

0.14

Altruism

              

Identify with others

10.06bcd

2.55

0.07

9.68a

2.50

0.11

9.43a

3.03

0.27

0.006

9.63a

2.62

0.10

0.17

Care about others

10.54bcd

2.73

0.07

10.14a

2.70

0.12

9.63a

3.17

0.28

0.009

10.04a

2.81

0.11

0.18

Help others

10.30bcd

2.77

0.07

9.80a

2.62

0.12

9.27a

3.11

0.28

0.012

9.69a

2.73

0.11

0.22

Beliefs

              

Religious

27.84bcd

6.37

0.17

26.75a

5.65

0.25

25.73a

5.83

0.53

0.011

26.55a

5.70

0.23

0.21

Conspiracy

35.07c

9.07

0.24

34.47c

9.00

0.40

38.73ab

10.02

0.90

0.011

35.31

9.36

0.37

0.03

Paranoia

12.04bc

5.02

0.14

13.13a

4.73

0.21

14.27a

4.81

0.43

0.018

13.36a

4.77

0.19

0.27

Trust

              

State

13.86cd

4.12

0.11

13.36

3.91

0.18

12.68a

4.92

0.44

0.006

13.22a

4.13

0.17

0.16

Scientists

3.77bcd

0.96

0.03

3.45ac

0.98

0.04

3.20ab

1.08

0.10

0.033

3.40a

1.00

0.04

0.38

Health care profs

4.01bcd

0.95

0.03

3.71ac

0.97

0.04

3.32ab

1.11

0.10

0.039

3.63a

1.01

0.04

0.39

Socio-political views

              

Authoritarianism

29.62

6.76

0.18

29.46

6.18

0.28

29.60

6.54

0.59

0.000

29.48

6.25

0.25

0.02

Social dominance

23.45bd

8.83

0.24

25.03a

8.65

0.39

26.50a

8.99

0.81

0.011

25.32a

8.73

0.35

0.21

Migrant views 1

6.34

2.31

0.06

6.21

2.25

0.10

6.16

2.41

0.22

0.001

6.20

2.28

0.09

0.06

Migrant views 2

6.16d

2.53

0.07

5.92

2.45

0.11

5.71

2.54

0.23

0.003

5.88a

2.47

0.10

0.11

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