Antivax attitude in the general population along the autism-schizophrenia continuum and the impact of socio-demographic factors.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

One of the most important inventions in human history is vaccines. However, to date a consistent amount of people exhibit a hesitant approach toward them and mixed results have emerged in the attempt to characterize which factors may play a role in predicting such negative attitude. Here, we aimed at investigating how the individual scoring along the autism-schizophrenic continuum component and socio-cultural factors contribute toward vaccination attitudes in the general population.

Methods

To test whether individual position along the autism-schizophrenic continuum could predict vaccine attitude, we used principal component analysis (PCA) to extract the component showing diametric loading between the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) and Autistic Quot

SUBMITTER: Tarasi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10161933 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature