Psychometric development of the COVID-19 vaccine misinformation scale and effects on vaccine hesitancy

Bok, Stephen; Martin, Daniel E.; Acosta, Erik; Shum, James; Harvie, Jason; Lee, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102087

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“…Misinformation refers to false or misleading information that promotes claims already debunked by scientific evidence or expert opinions (Bok et al, 2023). In the COVID-19 context, concerns about the potential side effects, expedited development procedure, safety, and effectiveness associated with the COVID-19 vaccines have been mixed with conspiracy theories and malicious anti-vaccination discourse in vaccine-related misinformation (Featherstone & Zhang, 2020; Funk & Tyson, 2021).…”

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Exploring COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Exposure, Beliefs, Fear, and Information Avoidance via the Stimulus–Organism–Response Framework

Xu,

Lin,

Chen

2023

Science Communication

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Empirical evidence generated from theory-driven research addressing the relationship between misinformation and vaccine information avoidance during a pandemic remains lacking. Using the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) framework, this study examined the influence of vaccine misinformation exposure and information overload on cognitive and affective responses as well as vaccine information avoidance behaviors. Findings showed that misinformation exposure predicted cognitive health beliefs (perceived vaccination barriers and benefits) and negative emotions (fear) toward the vaccines; health beliefs in turn predicted information avoidance. Information overload moderated (a) the relationship between misinformation exposure and health beliefs and (b) the relation between misinformation exposure and fear.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Exposure, Beliefs, Fear, and Information Avoidance via the Stimulus–Organism–Response Framework

Xu,

Lin,

Chen

2023

Science Communication

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Influence of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation beliefs on the third-person effect: implications for social media content moderation and corrective action

Lim,

Lee,

Kim

et al. 2024

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PurposeThis study uses third-person effect theory to examine the mechanisms of public opinion about self-regulatory efforts to deal with COVID-19 vaccine-related misinformation on social media, focusing on the roles of social undesirability perceptions and misinformation beliefs.Design/methodology/approachA national survey of 600 US adults from the Qualtrics panel was conducted. The study examines how perceived social desirability and misinformation beliefs moderate the relationship between exposure to misinformation and behavioral responses.FindingsThe results show that the perceived disparity in misinformation exposure relates to third-person perception (TPP), which increases support for content moderation and intentions for corrective actions. Perceiving misinformation as socially undesirable strengthens the link between the exposure gap and TPP. Individual beliefs about misinformation are identified as a crucial moderator, reducing the TPP effect on those who have high misinformation beliefs, leading to less support for content moderation and corrective actions.Originality/valueThis research enhances understanding of TPP in the context of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation by highlighting how social undesirability perceptions and misinformation beliefs moderate this effect. It emphasizes the significance of personal misinformation beliefs in shaping attitudes toward content moderation and corrective actions.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2024-0220

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Psychometric development of the COVID-19 vaccine misinformation scale and effects on vaccine hesitancy

Cited by 2 publications

References 83 publications

Exploring COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Exposure, Beliefs, Fear, and Information Avoidance via the Stimulus–Organism–Response Framework

Exploring COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Exposure, Beliefs, Fear, and Information Avoidance via the Stimulus–Organism–Response Framework

Influence of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation beliefs on the third-person effect: implications for social media content moderation and corrective action

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