Health Psychology, Vol 42(8), Aug 2023, 521-530; doi:10.1037/hea0001200
Objective: The present study tested a novel integration of prospective and concurrent associations of demographic factors, traits, political orientation, coping strategies, infection and preventive beliefs, preventive behaviors, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms, exposure, and viral testing with COVID-19 vaccine intention. Method: The preregistered study used a stratified online U.S. sample (N = 500). Three assessments were aligned with (a) “15 days to slow the spread” in March 2020, (b) the first mortality surge in April/May 2020, and (c) the vaccine authorization and major case/mortality surge during December 2020 and January 2021. Results: Consistent with contemporaneous polling in December 2020, 66.4% of participants indicated they intended to receive an approved vaccine. Allowing for covarying interrelations, path modeling showed direct associations of greater education (β = .11, p p p p p