Abstract：
COVID-19, a viral infection that emerged in late 2019, induces a severe acute respiratory syndrome marked by significant clinical symptoms, and the potential for progressive respiratory failure and death. People facing the threat of COVID-19 not only feared being infected, but were also worried about the side-effects of vaccination. This conflict affected their epidemic prevention behavior. To understand this issue, the present study explored whether infection anxiety affected the psychological avoidance or approach to getting vaccinated and the intention to take epidemic prevention measures. The study implemented a cross-sectional, web-based survey. We created questionnaires using Surveycake, an online e-form questionnaire platform. We used the snowball sampling method via a social media app to recruit participants. If individuals were willing to participate in the research, we emailed the e-form questionnaire link to them to collect data. After questionnaire collection, 288 questionnaires were returned, and 277 valid questionnaires were obtained for structural equation modeling analysis. According to the statistical results, it was found that infection anxiety was positively related to avoidance-avoidance conflict, and the power of infection anxiety on avoidance conflict was 23.0%. Infection anxiety was negatively related to approach-approach conflict regarding vaccination, and the power of infection anxiety on approach-approach conflict was 22.0%. Approach-approach conflict regarding vaccination was negatively related to prevention behavior, while avoidance-avoidance conflict regarding vaccination was positively related to prevention behavior. The two conflicts explained 12.5% of the total variance in prevention behavior. The study results highlight the long-term importance of achieving vaccine goals in order to prepare for future health emergencies similar to the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
摘要：
COVID-19是2019年底出现的一种病毒感染，可诱发严重的急性呼吸道综合症，其特征是明显的临床症状，以及进行性呼吸衰竭和死亡的可能性。面临新冠肺炎威胁的人们不仅害怕被感染，但也担心疫苗接种的副作用。这种冲突影响了他们的防疫行为。为了理解这个问题，本研究探讨了感染焦虑是否影响心理回避或接种疫苗的方法以及采取防疫措施的意图。这项研究实施了一个横断面，基于网络的调查。我们使用Surveycake创建了问卷，在线电子表单问卷平台。我们通过社交媒体应用程序使用滚雪球抽样方法来招募参与者。如果个人愿意参与研究，我们通过电子邮件将电子表格问卷链接发送给他们以收集数据。收集问卷后，退回288份问卷，并获得277份有效问卷进行结构方程模型分析。根据统计结果,研究发现，感染焦虑与回避-回避冲突呈正相关，感染焦虑对回避冲突的影响为23.0%。感染焦虑与疫苗接种的方法-方法冲突呈负相关，感染焦虑对接近-接近冲突的影响为22.0%。关于疫苗接种的方法-方法冲突与预防行为呈负相关，而关于疫苗接种的回避冲突与预防行为呈正相关。这两种冲突解释了预防行为总方差的12.5％。研究结果强调了实现疫苗目标的长期重要性，以便为未来类似于最近的COVID-19大流行的突发卫生事件做好准备。
