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Title: | Measurement invariance of the drivers of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance scale : comparison between Taiwanese and mainland Chinese-speaking populations | Authors: | Yeh, YC Chen, IH Ahorsu, DK Ko, NY Chen, KL Li, PC Yen, CF Lin, CY Griffiths, MD Pakpour, AH |
Issue Date: | Mar-2021 | Source: | Vaccines, Mar. 2021, v. 9, no. 3, 297 | Abstract: | The impacts of novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on human life continue to be serious. To control the spread of COVID-19, the production of effective vaccines is likely to be one of the best solutions. However, vaccination hesitancy may decrease individuals’ willingness to get vaccinated. The Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Scale (DrVac-COVID19S) was recently developed to help healthcare professionals and researchers better understand vaccination acceptance. The present study examined whether DrVac-COVID19S is measurement invariant across different subgroups (Taiwanese vs. mainland Chinese university students; males vs. females; and health-related program majors vs. non-health-related program majors). Taiwanese (n = 761; mean age = 25.51 years; standard deviation (SD) = 6.42; 63.5% females) and mainland Chinese university students (n = 3145; mean age = 20.72 years; SD = 2.06; 50.2% females) were recruited using an online survey between 5 January and 21 February 2021. Factor structure and measurement invariance of the two DrVac-COVID19S scales (nine-item and 12-item) were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The findings indicated that the DrVac-COVID19S had a four-factor structure and was measurement invariant across the subgroups. The DrVac-COVID19S’s four-factor structure was supported by the CFA results is a practical and valid instrument to quickly capture university students’ willingness to get COVID-19 vaccination. Moreover, the DrVac-COVID19S can be used to compare university students’ underlying reasons to get COVID-19 vaccination among different subgroups. | Keywords: | Confirmatory factor analysis COVID-19 Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Scale Measurement invariance University students Vaccine |
Publisher: | MDPI AG | Journal: | Vaccines | EISSN: | 2076-393X | DOI: | 10.3390/vaccines9030297 | Rights: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Yeh, Y. C., Chen, I. H., Ahorsu, D. K., Ko, N. Y., Chen, K. L., Li, P. C., ... & Pakpour, A. H. (2021). Measurement invariance of the drivers of covid-19 vaccination acceptance scale: Comparison between taiwanese and mainland chinese-speaking populations. Vaccines, 9(3), 297 is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030297 |
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