Compliance with Health Recommendations and Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID Pandemic in Nine Countries

Jennifer E. Lansford, W. Andrew Rothenberg, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Qin Liu, Qian Long, Glen Morgenstern, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat TapanyaLaurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)230-244
Number of pages15
JournalPrevention Science
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2024

Keywords

  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Confidence in government
  • Human ecosystem disruptions
  • International
  • Vaccine hesitancy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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