
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(1)
Published: Nov. 25, 2024
An outbreak of monkeypox (Mpox) appeared suddenly and rapidly spread worldwide during 2022. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at a high risk contracting Mpox compared to other cohorts. The present study examined the psychometric properties newly developed scale among MSM: Motors Vaccination Acceptance Scale (MoMVA) assessing cognitive components motivation receive an vaccination. In total, 389 MSM participated in online survey study. factor structures MoMVA were first using exploratory analysis. After determining structures, was further for: (i) internal consistency Cronbach's α; (ii) concurrent validity correlations perception intention vaccination; (iii) known-group by comparing scores between vaccinated those did not. results indicated that had two-factor structure (positive negative motors). acceptable (α = 0.793 0.914), (associated vaccination), (participants higher than not). good they can be used for vaccination MSM.
Language: Английский