Distrust to Vaссination through the Prism of Parenthood

Occupation: Graduate Student, Trainee Researcher at the Center for Psychometrics and Measurement in Education
Affiliation: National Research University “Higher School of Economics”
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Evgenia A. Alexandrova

Occupation: Graduate Student
Affiliation: National Research University “Higher School of Economics”
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Roman Zviagintsev

Occupation: Graduate Student, Junior Researcher at the Pinsky Centre for General and Extracurricular Education
Affiliation: National Research University “Higher School of Economics”
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Yulia D. Kersha

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 7

Pages

144-151

Abstract

The authors deal with the distrust problem to vaccination through the prism of general differences in beliefs and attitudes related to parenthood, and through the study of attitudes to vaccination, the reasons for its refusal. The study used a Canadian questionnaire designed to measure the distrust level in the light of the most frequent conspiracy theories around vaccination. The questionnaire was translated into Russian and adapted for Russian samples, which is described in detail in the article, as well as the analysis of the psychometric qualities of the scale; construction of a regression equation to test the hypothesis that there is a relationship between the level of distrust to vaccinations and the status of the parent. The study was conducted on a sample of 321 respondents aged 18 to 63 years. The results show that people with children are more distrustful to vaccination when controlling socio-demographic characteristics.

Keywords

children vaccination, parenthood, psychometric analysis, Rasch model, vaccination, vaccine distrust

Received

19.07.2021

Publication date

21.09.2021

Number of characters

12569

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GOST	Abdurakhmanova E., Alexandrova E., Zviagintsev R., Kersha Y. Distrust to Vaссination through the Prism of Parenthood // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2021. – Issue 7 C. 144-151 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250011071-1-1-en (circulation date: 12.10.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250011071-1
MLA	Abdurakhmanova, Elen M, Alexandrova, Evgenia A, Zviagintsev, Roman, Kersha, Yulia D "Distrust to Vaссination through the Prism of Parenthood." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 7 (2021):144-151. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250011071-1
APA	Abdurakhmanova E., Alexandrova E., Zviagintsev R., Kersha Y. (2021). Distrust to Vaссination through the Prism of Parenthood. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (7), pp.144-151 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250011071-1

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