Preventive measures as a mediating factor between belief in conspiracy theories and vaccination hesitancy among Romanian students: a multi-group analysis comparing students without COVID-19, mild, and severe COVID-19 experiences at the beginning of vaccine availability

Pandemic times were considered one of the most disruptive experiences for the recent history, with large-scale implications. Vaccines became available for supporting people in their fight against the COVID-19 disease. We argue that vaccine adoption has been different depending on beliefs in conspira...

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Published in:	Critical Public Health
Main Authors:	Florin Lazăr, Alexandru-Filip Popovici, Corina Ilinca, Ana-Maria Zamfir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Subjects:	COVID-19 pandemic vaccine hesitancy vaccination conspiracy beliefs
Online Access:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09581596.2025.2556489

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