Cognitive flexibility predicts attitudes towards vaccination: evidence from a New Zealand sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine hesitancy (the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate) poses a significant threat to public health worldwide, with declining vaccination coverage resulting in the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases (e.g., measles) in recent years. Despite efforts to combat vaccine hesitancy through information-based campaigns and other interventions, vaccine-hesitant attitudes persist. Given that such interventions likely expose individuals to information that conflicts with their own viewpoints about vaccination, cognitive flexibility - the ability to adapt one's thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, or behavior in response to changing information or environmental demands - may play a role in vaccine hesitancy.

Methods

The current study investigated the relationship between c

SUBMITTER: Gomes-Ng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11472431 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature