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Factors affecting Pakistani young adults’ intentions to uptake COVID-19 vaccination : An extension of the theory of planned behavior
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- Ullah, Irfan (author)
- Kabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Lin, Chung-Ying (author)
- Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Malik, Najma I. (author)
- Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Wu, Tzu-Yi (author)
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Araban, Marzieh (author)
- Department of Health Education and Promotion, Public Health School, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Griffiths, Mark D. (author)
- International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Pakpour, Amir H. (author)
- Jönköping University,HHJ, Avdelningen för omvårdnad,Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
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- 2021-09-20
- 2021
- English.
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In: Brain and Behavior. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2162-3279 .- 2162-3279. ; 11:11
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- Introduction: Aside from personal beliefs, young adults’ intention to uptake the COVID-19 vaccine can be influenced by their fear of COVID-19 and perceived infectability of COVID-19. The present study incorporated fear of COVID-19 and perceived infectability with the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to form an expanded TPB to analyze factors affecting Pakistani young adults’ intentions to uptake the COVID-vaccine in Pakistan.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted and recruited participants from Pakistani social media users. The proposed extended TPB model was examined by using structural equation modeling.Results: A total of 1034 individuals replied to the survey. The three factors of the original theory of planned behavior and the fear of COVID-19 were positively related to their intention to uptake COVID-19 vaccination (r = 0.25-0.66). Moreover, the perceived infectability positively influenced the three theories of planned behavioral factors and the fear of COVID-19 (r = 0.27-0.60), also affecting the participants’ intentions to uptake COVID-19 vaccination.Conclusions: Perceived infectability was positively related to the participants’ intentions to uptake COVID-19 vaccination, and perceived behavioral control was the strongest mediator. More evidence-based information concerning treatments and COVID-19 vaccination are needed to encourage individuals to uptake the vaccine.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- COVID-19 vaccination
- fear of COVID-19
- perceived infectability
- Protection Motivation Theory
- Theory of Planned Behavior
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