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CORRELATION BETWEEN COVID-19 PHOBIA, CONSPIRACY MENTALITY, INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY, AND VACCINE HESITANCY AMONG ASSIUT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health

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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic management depends on public acceptance of vaccines and vaccine-induced herd immunity remains the best hope for putting a stop to the pandemic. However, vaccination reluctance for COVID-19 remains a significant issue. Aim: This study aimedtoexplore the correlation between COVID-19 phobia, intolerance of uncertainty, conspiracy mentality and vaccine hesitancy among Assiut University students.Subjects and method: Design: A correlational descriptive research design was used. Setting: this study conducted in six randomly selected faculties at Assiut University. Subjects: A convenient sample of 1300 male and female students from the selected faculties. Tools: Socio-demographic data,COVID-19 phobia scale, conspiracy mentality questionnaire, intolerance of uncertainty scale and vaccine conspiracy beliefs scale. The results: The participant's students' mean age was 20.52 ±1.33 years. 80.9% had previously suffered from COVID-19. 73.1% of the students had first degree relatives with COVID-19.The total mean scores of the students regarding COVID-19 Phobia and intolerance of uncertainty scales were (50.30 ±13.31 and 28.67 ± 9.35) respectively, whereas the mean scores of the conspiracy mentality and vaccine conspiracy beliefs among the students were (29.70. ± 13.12 and 25.98 ± 9.48) respectively. Conclusion: The current study revealed a strong correlation between COVID-19, intolerance of uncertainty, vaccine conspiracy and conspiracy mentality among studied students and moderate relation between COVID-19, intolerance of uncertainty, vaccine conspiracy and conspiracy mentality and socio-demographic data. Recommendations: Use a different way of social media to explain the importance of vaccines e.g. posters, brochures, gestures, educational videos and innovative technologies such as interactive mobile apps.

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10.21608/pssjn.2022.167701.1227

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Conspiracy mentality. COVID-19 phobia, Intolerance of uncertainty, university students, Vaccine Hesitancy

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Nadia Abd El-Ghany

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Abd EL-Hameed

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Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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Mervat

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Ibrahim

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Elshahat

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Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing Suez Canal University

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mervatelshahat@yahoo.com

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Ismaelia

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‎0000-0002-5688-0866

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Saleh

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Omar Abdullah

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Medicine & Health Science, Hodeidah University, Yemen

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9

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3

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38284

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2022-12-01

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2022-10-16

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2022-12-01

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43

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65

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2356-8658

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2682-3241

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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CORRELATION BETWEEN COVID-19 PHOBIA, CONSPIRACY MENTALITY, INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY, AND VACCINE HESITANCY AMONG ASSIUT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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22 Jan 2023