PMID- 29924312
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200327
LR  - 20200327
IS  - 1532-4796 (Electronic)
IS  - 0883-6612 (Linking)
VI  - 53
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Jan 1
TI  - The Internal Consistency and Validity of the Vaccination Attitudes Examination 
      Scale: A Replication Study.
PG  - 109-114
LID - 10.1093/abm/kay043 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Vaccinations are important preventative health behaviors. The 
      recently developed Vaccination Attitudes Examination (VAX) Scale aims to measure 
      the reasons behind refusal/hesitancy regarding vaccinations. PURPOSE: The aim of 
      this replication study is to conduct an independent test of the newly developed 
      VAX Scale in the UK. We tested (a) internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha); (b) 
      convergent validity by assessing its relationships with beliefs about medication, 
      medical mistrust, and perceived sensitivity to medicines; and (c) construct 
      validity by testing how well the VAX Scale discriminated between vaccinators and 
      nonvaccinators. METHODS: A sample of 243 UK adults completed the VAX Scale, the 
      Beliefs About Medicines Questionnaire, the Perceived Sensitivity to Medicines 
      Scale, and the Medical Mistrust Index, in addition to demographics of age, 
      gender, education levels, and social deprivation. Participants were asked (a) 
      whether they received an influenza vaccination in the past year and (b) if they 
      had a young child, whether they had vaccinated the young child against influenza 
      in the past year. RESULTS: The VAX (a) demonstrated high internal consistency (alpha 
      = .92); (b) was positively correlated with medical mistrust and beliefs about 
      medicines, and less strongly correlated with perceived sensitivity to medicines; 
      and (c) successfully differentiated parental influenza vaccinators from 
      nonvaccinators. CONCLUSION: The VAX demonstrated good internal consistency, 
      convergent validity, and construct validity in an independent UK sample. It 
      appears to be a useful measure to help us understand the health beliefs that 
      promote or deter vaccination behavior.
FAU - Wood, Louise
AU  - Wood L
AD  - Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
FAU - Smith, Michael
AU  - Smith M
AD  - Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
FAU - Miller, Christopher B
AU  - Miller CB
AD  - Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
FAU - O'Carroll, Ronan E
AU  - O'Carroll RE
AD  - Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Ann Behav Med
JT  - Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral 
      Medicine
JID - 8510246
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude to Health
MH  - Educational Status
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Vaccination/*psychology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2018/06/21 06:00
MHDA- 2020/03/28 06:00
CRDT- 2018/06/21 06:00
PHST- 2018/06/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/03/28 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/06/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 5040059 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/abm/kay043 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Behav Med. 2019 Jan 1;53(1):109-114. doi: 10.1093/abm/kay043.