Development of a Vaccine Advocacy Scale for Childhood Vaccines and Psychometric Evaluation: A Methodological Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study developed the Vaccine Advocacy Scale for childhood vaccines for adults and evaluated its psychometric properties.

Method

This methodological study involved 211 adults. A literature review was conducted to create the item pool of the scale, and 12 items were prepared. While evaluating the scale's psychometric properties, the researchers performed content validity, explanatory factor analysis (factor loadings of the items, eigenvalues of the sub-dimensions, and explained variance rates), confirmatory factor analysis (factor loadings and common fit indices), and criterion validity (predictive validity) in the validation phase. In the predictive validity assessment, the distribution of scores on the scale was examined according to some behaviours related to vaccin

SUBMITTER: Yorulmaz Demir DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11937728 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature