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Behavioral Intention and Its Predictors toward COVID-19 Booster Vaccination among Chinese Parents: Applying Two Behavioral Theories

The booster vaccination of COVID-19 is being implemented in most parts of the world. This study used behavioral psychology to investigate the predictors of parents’ intentions regarding the COVID-19 booster vaccination for their children. This is a cross-sectional study with a self-designed question...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Meng, Liu, Li, Gu, Shu-Yan, Peng, Xue-Qing, Zhang, Chi, Wu, Qi-Feng, Xu, Xin-Peng, You, Hua
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9224228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742770
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127520
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author Zhou, Meng
Liu, Li
Gu, Shu-Yan
Peng, Xue-Qing
Zhang, Chi
Wu, Qi-Feng
Xu, Xin-Peng
You, Hua
author_facet Zhou, Meng
Liu, Li
Gu, Shu-Yan
Peng, Xue-Qing
Zhang, Chi
Wu, Qi-Feng
Xu, Xin-Peng
You, Hua
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description The booster vaccination of COVID-19 is being implemented in most parts of the world. This study used behavioral psychology to investigate the predictors of parents’ intentions regarding the COVID-19 booster vaccination for their children. This is a cross-sectional study with a self-designed questionnaire based on two behavioral theories—protective motivation theory (PMT) and theory of planned behavior (TPB). A stratified multi-stage sampling procedure was conducted in Nanjing, China, and multivariable regression analyses were applied to examine the parents’ intentions. The intention rate was 87.3%. The response efficacy (ORa = 2.238, 95% CI: 1.360–3.682) and response cost (ORa = 0.484, 95% CI: 0.319–0.732) in the PMT, were significant psychological predictors of parents’ intentions, and so were the attitude (ORa = 2.619, 95% CI: 1.480–4.636) and behavioral control (ORa = 3.743, 95% CI: 2.165–6.471) in the TPB. The findings of crucial independent predictors in the PMT and TPB constructs inform the evidence-based formulation and implementation of strategies for booster vaccination in children.
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spelling pubmed-92242282022-06-24 Behavioral Intention and Its Predictors toward COVID-19 Booster Vaccination among Chinese Parents: Applying Two Behavioral Theories Zhou, Meng Liu, Li Gu, Shu-Yan Peng, Xue-Qing Zhang, Chi Wu, Qi-Feng Xu, Xin-Peng You, Hua Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The booster vaccination of COVID-19 is being implemented in most parts of the world. This study used behavioral psychology to investigate the predictors of parents’ intentions regarding the COVID-19 booster vaccination for their children. This is a cross-sectional study with a self-designed questionnaire based on two behavioral theories—protective motivation theory (PMT) and theory of planned behavior (TPB). A stratified multi-stage sampling procedure was conducted in Nanjing, China, and multivariable regression analyses were applied to examine the parents’ intentions. The intention rate was 87.3%. The response efficacy (ORa = 2.238, 95% CI: 1.360–3.682) and response cost (ORa = 0.484, 95% CI: 0.319–0.732) in the PMT, were significant psychological predictors of parents’ intentions, and so were the attitude (ORa = 2.619, 95% CI: 1.480–4.636) and behavioral control (ORa = 3.743, 95% CI: 2.165–6.471) in the TPB. The findings of crucial independent predictors in the PMT and TPB constructs inform the evidence-based formulation and implementation of strategies for booster vaccination in children. MDPI 2022-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9224228/ /pubmed/35742770 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127520 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zhou, Meng
Liu, Li
Gu, Shu-Yan
Peng, Xue-Qing
Zhang, Chi
Wu, Qi-Feng
Xu, Xin-Peng
You, Hua
Behavioral Intention and Its Predictors toward COVID-19 Booster Vaccination among Chinese Parents: Applying Two Behavioral Theories
title Behavioral Intention and Its Predictors toward COVID-19 Booster Vaccination among Chinese Parents: Applying Two Behavioral Theories
title_full Behavioral Intention and Its Predictors toward COVID-19 Booster Vaccination among Chinese Parents: Applying Two Behavioral Theories
title_fullStr Behavioral Intention and Its Predictors toward COVID-19 Booster Vaccination among Chinese Parents: Applying Two Behavioral Theories
title_full_unstemmed Behavioral Intention and Its Predictors toward COVID-19 Booster Vaccination among Chinese Parents: Applying Two Behavioral Theories
title_short Behavioral Intention and Its Predictors toward COVID-19 Booster Vaccination among Chinese Parents: Applying Two Behavioral Theories
title_sort behavioral intention and its predictors toward covid-19 booster vaccination among chinese parents: applying two behavioral theories
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9224228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742770
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127520
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