Liu Zi-Han, Bai Wei, Cai Hong, Liu Shou, Chen Xu, Qi Han, Liu Rui, Cheung Teris, Su Zhaohui, Jackson Todd, Sha Sha, Xiang Yu-Tao
Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, & Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Nov 5;9(11):1285. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111285.
Following the initial manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, numerous studies have investigated factors that influence people's vaccination intentions. However, no studies have examined links of vaccination attitudes with body-related attitudes, especially body appreciation. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted this study to disentangle the relationship between college students' COVID-19 vaccination intentions and body appreciation.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among Chinese college students. Participants completed the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) and other questionnaire measures of demographics, intentions to be vaccinated, and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination programs.
A total of 2058 college students participated in this study. Students who were willing to get COVID-19 vaccines had significantly higher BAS-2 scores than did those who were unwilling to receive a vaccine (3.61 ± 0.84 vs. 3.34 ± 0.92, < 0.001). A hierarchical multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to test the association between body appreciation and COVID-19 vaccine intentions when controlling for other covariates; elevated BAS-2 scores were associated with greater willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines (OR = 1.250, 95%CI: 1.112-1.406, < 0.001), independent of other significant influences.
Our study was the first to reveal that body appreciation is a significant factor related to college students' COVID-19 vaccination intentions. Public health interventions designed to improve people's body-appreciation levels may help in efforts to promote universal immunization.
在新冠疫苗首次生产之后，众多研究调查了影响人们接种疫苗意愿的因素。然而，尚无研究考察接种态度与身体相关态度，尤其是身体欣赏之间的联系。为填补这一文献空白，我们开展了本研究，以厘清大学生新冠疫苗接种意愿与身体欣赏之间的关系。
对中国大学生进行了一项横断面研究。参与者完成了身体欣赏量表-2（BAS-2）以及其他关于人口统计学、接种意愿和对新冠疫苗接种计划态度的问卷调查。
共有2058名大学生参与了本研究。愿意接种新冠疫苗的学生的BAS-2得分显著高于不愿意接种的学生（3.61±0.84对3.34±0.92，<0.001）。在控制其他协变量的情况下，进行了分层多元逻辑回归分析，以检验身体欣赏与新冠疫苗接种意愿之间的关联；BAS-2得分升高与更愿意接种新冠疫苗相关（优势比=1.250，95%置信区间：1.112-1.406，<0.001），不受其他显著影响因素的干扰。
我们的研究首次揭示，身体欣赏是与大学生新冠疫苗接种意愿相关的一个重要因素。旨在提高人们身体欣赏水平的公共卫生干预措施可能有助于推动全民免疫工作。
