Application of the actor-partner interdependence model to understand COVID-19 vaccine decision-making among US adolescents and their parents.

ABSTRACT: Although adolescents play an important role in their medical decisions, including vaccination, few studies have considered their perceptions or role in vaccine decision-making. We apply the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to understand actor (adolescent) and partner (parent) influences of vaccine hesitancy on the decision to vaccinate adolescents. We conducted a nationally representative survey of adolescents aged 12-17 years old and their parents (n = 721 dyads). Parents and adolescents completed separate online surveys measuring their vaccine hesitancy and intent to receive future doses of COVID-19 vaccine. We used structural equation modeling to estimate the association between vaccine hesitancy and adolescent vaccination among actors and partners using odds ratios (ORs) with 95% CI

SUBMITTER: Regan AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12634106 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature