Developing an attitude toward polio vaccination scale and establishing its psychometric properties in Pakistani context for indigenous and international researchers.

Warda Saleh, Humaira Jami, Muhammad Kamran, Ghulam Muhammad Kundi

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Warda SalehDepartment of Psychology, Government Associate College for Women, Dhamial, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Humaira JamiNational Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Muhammad KamranDepartment of Education, University of Loralai, Balochistan, Pakistan.

Ghulam Muhammad KundiCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Objectives: Negative attitudes toward polio vaccination in Pakistan are threatening the global polio eradication efforts by encouraging vaccine refusals and attacks on polio workers. The present research explored the underlying dimensions of these attitudes and their correlates: Uncertainty and belief in conspiracy theories. Methods: This research began with the development of an item pool generated with the help of an open-ended survey of university students (n = 44). Face and content validity assessment by subject experts (n = 9) led to an initial version of the attitude toward polio vaccination scale (ATPVS). This scale was administered to a sample of Pakistani adults ( Results: Exploratory factor analysis on one-half of the sample ( Conclusion: Scepticism and advocacy of the polio vaccination campaign represent attitudes toward polio vaccination in Pakistan with self-uncertainty and conspiracy mentality being their significant correlates. Capitalizing on these variables in designing a vaccination promotion campaign may yield benefits.

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Attitude toward polio vaccinationconspiracy mentalityconspiracy theoriespoliopolio vaccinesself-uncertainty

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