Black-and-white thinking and conspiracy beliefs prevent parents from vaccinating their children against COVID-19.
COVID‐19 pediatric vaccine
absolutist thinking
conspiracy theories
decision making
individual differences
parental attitude
Journal
Applied cognitive psychology
ISSN: 0888-4080
Titre abrégé: Appl Cogn Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8712204
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 Sep 2022
21 Sep 2022
Historique:
received:
28
04
2022
revised:
28
07
2022
accepted:
07
09
2022
entrez:
17
10
2022
pubmed:
18
10
2022
medline:
18
10
2022
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Understanding predictors of parents' willingness to vaccinate their children appears fundamental to promote vaccine acceptability, especially in a pandemic scenario. The present study aimed to investigate the role of conspiracy beliefs and absolutist thinking in parental attitude toward COVID-19 vaccine, and the predictive role of parents' individual differences on decisions against children's vaccination. An online survey was administered to 415 parents of children aged 5-11, at the very beginning of the vaccination targeting this population in Italy. Results showed that absolutism predicted the tendency to believe in conspiracies, associated with a negative attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccine administration to children. Moreover, mothers were less willing to vaccinate children and parents of children aged 5-7 were more hesitant, or even against vaccination, than parents of older children. Finally, the worry about consequences of COVID-19 infection on children's health facilitated vaccine adherence. These findings contribute to deepening mechanisms regarding the vaccine acceptability.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36250193
doi: 10.1002/acp.3999
pii: ACP3999
pmc: PMC9537936
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Applied Cognitive Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no relevant financial or non‐financial interests to disclose.
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