Beyond intention: Predicting children's COVID-19 vaccine uptake using the theory of planned behavior
This prospective study tested if parental factors from the theory of planned behavior (TPB) predicted children's uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine and examined whether parents' intention to vaccinate children against COVID-19 would mediate such associations. Participants were 852 Hong Kong pa...
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Taylor & Francis Group,
2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | This prospective study tested if parental factors from the theory of planned behavior (TPB) predicted children's uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine and examined whether parents' intention to vaccinate children against COVID-19 would mediate such associations. Participants were 852 Hong Kong parents of 1076 children aged 5-12. At Time 1, parents reported on items measuring the TPB predictors (i.e. attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) and intention. At Time 2 (approximately 4 months after Time 1), parents reported whether their children had received the COVID-19 vaccine. Attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and intention predicted children's actual uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. Intention mediated the relations between two TPB predictors, namely attitudes and subjective norms, and children's COVID-19 vaccination uptake. The TPB is considered a useful framework in the development of future COVID-19 vaccine programs for children to promote parents' intention and the subsequent uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among children. |
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| Item Description: | 2164-5515 2164-554X 10.1080/21645515.2023.2260530 |