TY - JOUR
T1 - Compliance with Health Recommendations and Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID Pandemic in Nine Countries
AU - Lansford, Jennifer E.
AU - Rothenberg, W. Andrew
AU - Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean
AU - Alampay, Liane Peña
AU - Al-Hassan, Suha M.
AU - Bacchini, Dario
AU - Bornstein, Marc H.
AU - Chang, Lei
AU - Deater-Deckard, Kirby
AU - Di Giunta, Laura
AU - Dodge, Kenneth A.
AU - Gurdal, Sevtap
AU - Liu, Qin
AU - Long, Qian
AU - Morgenstern, Glen
AU - Oburu, Paul
AU - Pastorelli, Concetta
AU - Skinner, Ann T.
AU - Sorbring, Emma
AU - Tapanya, Sombat
AU - Steinberg, Laurence
AU - Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Society for Prevention Research 2022.
PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - Longitudinal data from the Parenting Across Cultures study of children, mothers, and fathers in 12 cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA; N = 1331 families) were used to understand predictors of compliance with COVID-19 mitigation strategies and vaccine hesitancy. Confidence in government responses to the COVID pandemic was also examined as a potential moderator of links between pre-COVID risk factors and compliance with COVID mitigation strategies and vaccine hesitancy. Greater confidence in government responses to the COVID pandemic was associated with greater compliance with COVID mitigation strategies and less vaccine hesitancy across cultures and reporters. Pre-COVID financial strain and family stress were less consistent predictors of compliance with COVID mitigation strategies and vaccine hesitancy than confidence in government responses to the pandemic. Findings suggest the importance of bolstering confidence in government responses to future human ecosystem disruptions, perhaps through consistent, clear, non-partisan messaging and transparency in acknowledging limitations and admitting mistakes to inspire compliance with government and public health recommendations.
AB - Longitudinal data from the Parenting Across Cultures study of children, mothers, and fathers in 12 cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA; N = 1331 families) were used to understand predictors of compliance with COVID-19 mitigation strategies and vaccine hesitancy. Confidence in government responses to the COVID pandemic was also examined as a potential moderator of links between pre-COVID risk factors and compliance with COVID mitigation strategies and vaccine hesitancy. Greater confidence in government responses to the COVID pandemic was associated with greater compliance with COVID mitigation strategies and less vaccine hesitancy across cultures and reporters. Pre-COVID financial strain and family stress were less consistent predictors of compliance with COVID mitigation strategies and vaccine hesitancy than confidence in government responses to the pandemic. Findings suggest the importance of bolstering confidence in government responses to future human ecosystem disruptions, perhaps through consistent, clear, non-partisan messaging and transparency in acknowledging limitations and admitting mistakes to inspire compliance with government and public health recommendations.
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - Confidence in government
KW - Human ecosystem disruptions
KW - International
KW - Vaccine hesitancy
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U2 - 10.1007/s11121-022-01399-9
DO - 10.1007/s11121-022-01399-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134613201
SN - 1389-4986
VL - 25
SP - 230
EP - 244
JO - Prevention Science
JF - Prevention Science
IS - 2
ER -