Personal willingness to receive a Covid‐19 vaccine and its relationship with intergroup psychology: Evidence from the Philippines and Pakistan

Zagefka, Hanna; Paz, Erwine Dela; Macapagal, Ma. Elizabeth J.; Ghazal, Saima

doi:10.1111/aphw.12334

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“…The studies also had the dual purpose of testing an alternative set of hypotheses, and there was no overlap in the independent variables or theoretical foci between the two research goals. The findings in relation to the other goal have already been published by Zagefka et al (2022). We would like to declare that this publication and the present manuscript have overlap in the sample, but no overlap in the variables or the theoretical focus.…”

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Fearing the Trojan horse: Motives attributed to the outgroup and rejection of outgroup help

Zagefka

Paz

Macapagal

et al. 2023

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Decisions to give and receive help are often influenced by group memberships, social identities, and intergroup relations. Two studies were conducted to test how perceived political relations between countries are related to willingness to accept offers of intergroup help. Respondents in two low-income countries, the Philippines (N = 289) and Pakistan (N = 275), indicated their willingness to accept (or not) Covid-19 vaccine donations from two higher-status countries (China and the United States) during the Covid pandemic. Results showed that the perceived motivation of the outgroup nation for providing help was associated with rejection or acceptance of help, mediated by emotional reactions to the help. A perception that outgroup nations donate vaccines to demonstrate and assert their superiority and power, that they donate vaccines to keep the outgroup dependent on the ingroup, and a perception that they donate vaccines out of self-interest, were all associated with rejection of vaccine donations. A perception that donations by the outgroup are motivated by genuine concern for the ingroup was associated with acceptance of help. Findings confirm that political intergroup relations are related to attitudes about whether the ingroup nation should accept intergroup help or not. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed. | INTRODUCTIONTo overcome global health challenges, a global approach is needed (Gavi, 2021). International sharing of health resources between rich and poorer countries is imperative on ethical, humanitarian, and medical grounds (see, e.g., the Guardian, 2021). Sharing can happen through international collaborations such as the COVAX initiative supported by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2021), or it can happen through individual donations from certain resource-rich countries to poorer countries, for example, by China to the Philippines (Reuters, 2021) and by the United States to Pakistan (VoaNews, 2021). But, a successful sharing of health resources does not only require resource sharing, it also requires a willingness among the population of low-income countries to accept and use resources such as vaccines donated by more resource-rich countries. The literature on the psychology of intergroup helping suggests that offers of help, such as donations of Covid-19 vaccines, are not always gratefully accepted. Under certain circumstances, offers of assistance can be met with suspicion and resistance (Nadler & Halabi, 2006). This present research will test the potential downstream consequences of motives attributed to resource-rich countries for offering Covid-19 vaccines to residents of two low-income countries: the

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Fearing the Trojan horse: Motives attributed to the outgroup and rejection of outgroup help

Zagefka

Paz

Macapagal

et al. 2023

J Applied Social Pyschol

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“…According to researchers, a person’s perception of benefits paves the way for action, and a person behaves, acts, or avoids a certain action based on the analysis of benefits minus barriers. Prior research has shown that identifying and reducing physical and psychological barriers that may make the COVID-19 vaccination an unpleasant experience is an effective factor in increasing vaccine acceptance ( 22 , 23 , 34 ). Many studies have also shown that the most common reasons cited by those who are not willing to get vaccinated for COVID-19 are doubts about the vaccine's efficacy as well as fears of complications from the vaccine.…”

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Willingness to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in an Iranian Population: Assessment of Attitudes, Perceived Benefits, and Barriers

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Biabani

Nobarani

et al. 2022

Med. J. Islam. Republ. Iran

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“…Thus, prosocially‐oriented people may be more willing to be vaccinated compared to people who are low in prosocial orientation. Consistent with these ideas, studies conducted around the globe show that vaccination intentions are associated with prosocial orientations (e.g., Burke et al., 2021; Drążkowski et al., 2022; Enea et al., 2022; Leonhardt & Pezzuti, 2022; Oleksy et al., 2022; Pfattheicher et al., 2022; Rieger, 2020; Santirocchi et al., 2022; Strupat et al., 2022; Yu et al., 2022; Zagefka et al., 2022), but see (Rosman et al., 2021).…”

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Prosocial orientation and COVID‐19 vaccine willingness in the U.S.

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Jiang

Magid

et al. 2023

Social & Personality Psych

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Despite evidence of the safety and effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines and their wide availability, many in the U.S. are not vaccinated. Research demonstrates that prosocial orientations predict COVID‐19 health behaviors (e.g., social distancing) and vaccination intentions, however, little work has examined COVID‐19 vaccination willingness in the U.S. since vaccines were approved. Findings from two U.S. samples show that, in contrast to other COVID‐19 health behaviors, vaccine willingness in unvaccinated people is unrelated to prosocial orientation. Study 2 demonstrates that the lack of association between vaccine willingness and prosocial orientation in unvaccinated participants was specific to those with stronger beliefs that COVID‐19 vaccines are ineffective. Thus, in prosocial people, perceptions of vaccines' ineffectiveness may undermine COVID‐19 vaccine willingness.

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Personal willingness to receive a Covid‐19 vaccine and its relationship with intergroup psychology: Evidence from the Philippines and Pakistan

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Fearing the Trojan horse: Motives attributed to the outgroup and rejection of outgroup help

Fearing the Trojan horse: Motives attributed to the outgroup and rejection of outgroup help

Willingness to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine in an Iranian Population: Assessment of Attitudes, Perceived Benefits, and Barriers

Prosocial orientation and COVID‐19 vaccine willingness in the U.S.

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