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ERIC Number: EJ1334874
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-2365-7464
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Icon Arrays Reduce Concern over COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects: A Randomized Control Study
Fansher, Madison; Adkins, Tyler J.; Lalwani, Poortata; Boduroglu, Aysecan; Carlson, Madison; Quirk, Madelyn; Lewis, Richard L.; Shah, Priti; Zhang, Han; Jonides, John
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, v7 Article 38 2022
On April 13, 2021, the CDC announced that the administration of Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine would be paused due to a rare blood clotting side effect in ~ 0.0001% of people given the vaccine. Most people who are hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine list potential side effects as their main concern (PEW, 2021); thus, it is likely that this announcement increased vaccine hesitancy among the American public. Two days after the CDC's announcement, we administered a survey to a group of 2,046 Americans to assess their changes in attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. The aim of this study was to investigate whether viewing icon arrays of side effect risk would prevent increases in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy due to the announcement. We found that using icon arrays to illustrate the small chance of experiencing the blood clotting side effect significantly prevented increases in aversion toward the Johnson and Johnson vaccine as well as all other COVID-19 vaccines.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 2027822
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