Black-and-White Thinking and Conspiracy Beliefs Prevent Parents from Vaccinating Their Children against COVID-19

Autor/inn/en	Iannello, Paola; Colautti, Laura; Magenes, Sara; Antonietti, Alessandro; Cancer, Alice
Titel	Black-and-White Thinking and Conspiracy Beliefs Prevent Parents from Vaccinating Their Children against COVID-19
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36 (2022) 6, S.1177-1187 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Iannello, Paola) ORCID (Colautti, Laura) ORCID (Magenes, Sara) ORCID (Antonietti, Alessandro) ORCID (Cancer, Alice)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.3999
Schlagwörter	Predictor Variables; Parent Attitudes; Immunization Programs; COVID-19; Pandemics; Individual Differences; Children; Preadolescents; Social Influences; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prädiktor; Elternverhalten; Immunisierung; Individueller Unterschied; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Sozialer Einfluss; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01