Health engagement and positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination: Moderating effect of character strengths

Tehranchi, Ata; Mahmoodi, Mahsa

doi:10.30473/ijohp.2024.66050.1279

Document Type : research

Authors

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Imamreza International University, Mashhad, Iran

10.30473/ijohp.2024.66050.1279

Abstract

Objective: Previous research has shown that health engagement accounts for a substantial variance in positive attitudes about the COVID-19 vaccine in public. However, these studies are hardly able to explain intrapersonal characteristics. Thus, we examined the moderating effect of four character strengths (kindness, critical thinking, fairness, and prudence) in the relation between health engagement and positive attitudes to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Method: The population consisted of all university students living in Mashhad. A sample of 600 individuals was recruited through convenience sampling. The participants completed a battery of questionnaires including a health engagement questionnaire, Values in Action-Inventory of Strengths, and attitudes towards vaccination questionnaire during the COVID-19 pandemic. A hierarchical regression model and slope analysis were used to examine the moderation effect.
Results: The findings indicated a positive and significant correlation between health engagement and a positive attitude towards vaccination (r=.23; p<.01). The character strengths were significantly and positively associated with health engagement (r=.18; p<.01), and a positive attitude toward vaccination (r=.30; p<.01). Moreover, the moderating effect of character strengths on the relationship between health engagement and a positive attitude towards vaccination was significant (t=-4.08; p<.001).
Conclusion: Therefore, the character strengths could moderate the effect of health engagement on a positive attitude towards vaccination. It can be concluded that character strengths have a moderating effect on making health-related decisions in stressful conditions such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Article Title [Persian]

رابطه بین مشارکت در سلامت و نگرش مثبت درباره واکسیناسیون کووید 19: نقش تعدیل کننده توانمندی های شخصیت

Author [Persian]

عطا طهرانچی

Abstract [Persian]

هدف: پژوهش های پیشین نشان داده اند که مشارکت در سلامت بخش عمده ای از واریانس مربوط به نگرش مثبت نسبت به واکسیناسیون کووید 19 را در جمعیت عمومی تبیین می کند. با این وجود مطالعات قبلی در تبیین ویژگی های بین فردی محدودیت دارند. بدین ترتیب در مطالعه حاضر اثر تعدیل کننده چهار توانمندی شخصیت (مهربانی، انصاف، تفکر نقاد و فروتنی) را در رابطه بین مشارکت در سلامت و نگرش مثبت نسبت به واکسن کووید 19 مورد بررسی قرار داده است.
روش: جامعه آماری شامل تمام دانشجویان ساکن مشهد بود. نمونه ای متشکل از 600 آزمودنی از طریق نمونه گیری در دسترس انتخاب شدند. شرکت کنندگان به مجموعه ای از پرسشنامه ها شامل پرسشنامه مشارکت در سلامت، سیاهه توانمندیها-ارزشها در عمل و نگرش درباره واکسیناسیون در دوران همه گیری کرونا پاسخ دادند. رگرسیون سلسله مراتبی و تحلیل شیب ساده مورد استفاده قرار گرفتند.
نتایج: یافته ها رابطه مثبت و معناداری بین مشارکت در سلامت و نگرش های مثبت نسبت به واکسیناسیون را نشان دادند (23/0=r. 01/0=p). توانمندیهای شخصیت به شکل مثبت و معناداری با مشارکت در سلامت(18/0=r. 01/0=p) و نگرش مثبت نسبت به واکسیناسیون همبستگی داشتند(30/0=r. 01/0=p). علاوه بر این، اثر تعدیل کننده توانمندیهای شخصیت در رابطه بین مشارکت در سلامت و نگرش مثبت نسبت به واکسیناسیون معنادار بود (08/4-=t، 001/0>p).
نتیجه گیری: بنابراین توانمندی های شخصیت توانستند اثر مشارکت در سلامت بر نگرش مثبت نسبت به واکسیناسیون را تعدیل کنند. می توان نتیجه گیری کرد که توانمندیهای شخصیت اثر تعدیل کننده در تصمیم گیری درباره سلامت دارند.

Keywords [Persian]

توانمندی های شخصیت
نگرش مثبت نسبت به واکسیناسیون
مشارکت در سلامت
همه گیری کووید 19

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Health engagement and positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination: Moderating effect of character strengths

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