Money As a Motivator to Reduce Vaccination Hesitancy: How Personality, Age, and Compensation Shape COVID-19 Vaccination Cognitions

Vaccination hesitancy threatens herd immunity. This research assesses age, conscientiousness and compensation’s impact on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy. Online data was collected from March-April 2021 (N=154 US adults, who hadn’t received a COVID-19 vaccine). Results found: more conscientiousness associated with higher hesitancy; greater compensation related to increased anxiety and less hesitancy.