Tang, MY;
Shahab, L;
Robb, KA;
Gardner, B;
(2016)
Are parents more willing to vaccinate their children than themselves?
Journal of Health Psychology
, 21
(5)
pp. 781-787.
10.1177/1359105314539527.
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Abstract
Risk perception studies have focused on personal risks; yet many decisions are taken for others. Some studies have suggested that parents are especially sensitive to risks to their children. We compared 245 parents’ willingness to vaccinate their child versus themselves in nine hypothetical scenarios relating to influenza strains. Scenarios varied according to non-vaccination risk (low, medium and high) and ‘risk target’ (oneself, one’s child or, as a comparator, one’s elderly parent). Participants were more willing to vaccinate their child (61% acceptance) than themselves (54%) or their parent (56%). Parents may be more risk-sensitive when deciding for their child than for themselves.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Are parents more willing to vaccinate their children than themselves? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1359105314539527 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105314539527 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | children, health behaviour, health psychology, quantitative methods, risk |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1430630 |
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