Risk perception as a motivational resource during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of vaccination status and emerging variants.

"all data analysis code and research materials are available at zenodo (after contacting the responsible author) and open science framework ( https://osf io/5cqhr/ ).; data availability the r scripts to carry out the analyses are publicly available on open science framework: https://osf io/5cqhr/ .; datasets are hosted in zenodo (a public repository) and are available upon request and for replication purposes only (after contacting responsible researcher joachim waterschoot joachim waterschoot@ugent be). data availability the r scripts to carry out the analyses are publicly available on open science framework"

"data availability the r scripts to carry out the analyses are publicly available on open science framework: https://osf io/5cqhr/ ."

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe project was approved by the ethical committee of Ghent University, Belgium (N° 2020/37). Informed consent was obtained from all the participants. All methods/protocols were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The present research was financially supported by the Belgian Federal Ministry of Health through RIZIV (Rijksinstituut voor ziekte- en invaliditeitsverzekering) / INAMI (institut national de maladie-invalidité)."