Table 3 Summary of decision motives reported in open-ended answers.
From: Predictors and motives for mask-wearing behavior and vaccination intention
Scenario | Group based on responses in scenarios | Top three decision motives (% of answers categorized as such) | Other decision motives (% of answers categorized as such) |
|---|---|---|---|
Mask scenarios | Always wearing masks (n = 221) | Safety of specific individuals (C: 24%, S: 30%) Generalized safety concerns (C: 18%, S: 15%) Avoiding conflict and practicality of communication (C: 13%, S: 9%) | Personal freedom and individual choice (C: 9%, S: 6%) Generalized responsibility during a pandemic (C: 8%, S: 7%) Professionalism at the workplace and legal regulations (C: 7%, S: 13%) Knowing the interaction partner, or lack of prior knowledge (C: 5%, S: 8%) |
Wearing mask in only one scenario (n = 61) | Generalized trust in family members (C: 43%) Knowing the interaction partner, or lack of prior knowledge (C: 13%, S: 33%) Ease of social interaction (C: 6%, S: 16%) | Professionalism at the workplace and legal regulations (C: 3%, S: 18%) | |
Never wearing mask (n = 39) | Rationalization (C: 48%, S: 33%) Ease of social interaction (C: 29%, S: 29%) Physical discomfort of masks (C: 19%, S: 24%) | ||
High vaccination intention (n = 121) | Safety of specific individuals (26%; of these, 97% included protection of the participant, 68% also included protection of others) Enabling a return to ‘normality’ (18%) Trust in science and official institutions (13%), | Community-level altruistic motives (10%) Trade-off considerations about benefits and risks of vaccines (9%) | |
Vaccine scenario | Undecided (n = 24) | Doubts about the efficiency and safety of vaccination (40%) Safety from the disease (12%) Considerations referencing trust in science and official institutions (12%) | |
Low vaccination intention (n = 26) | Generalized distrust in vaccines (27%) Cost of the vaccine in the presented scenarios (23%) Doubts about the effectiveness of vaccines (13%) | Fear of side-effects (10%) |
