Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Pediatrics Department, Infectious Diseases Unit, Soroka Hospital, Israel.
J Health Psychol. 2021 Oct;26(12):2164-2172. doi: 10.1177/1359105320903475. Epub 2020 Feb 25.
Parental hesitancy to vaccinate their children derails the success of mass vaccination campaigns. We examined the effect of parents' personification of the vaccinating agency on vaccine hesitancy (i.e. negative or positive mind change) in 555 parents in a mass wild poliovirus vaccination campaign. Parents were assessed before and after the campaign on attitudes toward vaccination and the vaccinating agency ("The Israeli MoH is caring" vs "hysteric"). Positive mind change was predicted by a gender and malevolent personification. A negative mind change was predicted by parental anxiety. We conclude that parental hesitancy is influenced by parents' attachment to the vaccinating agency.
家长对接种疫苗犹豫不决会破坏大规模疫苗接种运动的成功。我们在一次大规模野生脊髓灰质炎疫苗接种运动中，调查了 555 名家长对疫苗接种机构的人格化对疫苗犹豫（即负面或积极的思维转变）的影响。在运动前后，家长对疫苗接种和接种机构的态度进行了评估（“以色列卫生部很关心”与“歇斯底里”）。积极的思维转变由性别和恶意人格化预测。消极的思维转变由父母焦虑预测。我们的结论是，家长的犹豫受到家长对疫苗接种机构的依恋的影响。
