Does Self-Efficacy Mediate the Relationships Between Social-Cognitive Factors and Intentions to Receive HPV Vaccination Among Young Women?

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Christy, Shannon M. Winger, Joseph G. Mosher, Catherine E.
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	Drawing upon health behavior change theories, the current study examined whether self-efficacy mediated relationships between social-cognitive factors (i.e., perceived risk, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived severity, and cue to action) and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination intentions among college women. Unvaccinated women (N = 115) aged 18 to 25 years attending a Midwestern university completed an anonymous web-based survey assessing study variables. Correlational analyses and mediation analyses were conducted. Self-efficacy mediated relationships between two social-cognitive factors (i.e., perceived barriers to HPV vaccination—indirect effect = −.16, SE = .06, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [−.31, −.06]—and perceived risk of HPV-related conditions—indirect effect = .16, SE = .09, 95% CI = [.01, .37]) and HPV vaccination intentions but was unrelated to the other three social-cognitive factors. Based on these findings, future research should test whether increasing self-efficacy through education on risk of HPV-related conditions and reducing barriers to HPV vaccination improves vaccine uptake in college women.
Starting Page	708
Ending Page	725
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1177/1054773817741590
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/1805/17373/Christy_2018_does.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1
PubMed reference number	29134823
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773817741590
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	28
Journal	Clinical nursing research
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article