Body Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines

Background: Following the initial manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, numerous studies have investigated factors that influence people’s vaccination intentions. However, no studies have examined links of vaccination attitudes with body-related attitudes, especially body appreciation. To address this g...

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Autores principales:	Zi-Han Liu, Wei Bai, Hong Cai, Shou Liu, Xu Chen, Han Qi, Rui Liu, Teris Cheung, Zhaohui Su, Todd Jackson, Sha Sha, Yu-Tao Xiang
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	body appreciation COVID-19 vaccine vaccination intentions college student Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f2c4f255191e46d3ac9f4aa90938f3612021-11-25T19:10:56ZBody Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines10.3390/vaccines91112852076-393Xhttps://doaj.org/article/f2c4f255191e46d3ac9f4aa90938f3612021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/11/1285https://doaj.org/toc/2076-393XBackground: Following the initial manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, numerous studies have investigated factors that influence people’s vaccination intentions. However, no studies have examined links of vaccination attitudes with body-related attitudes, especially body appreciation. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted this study to disentangle the relationship between college students’ COVID-19 vaccination intentions and body appreciation. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Chinese college students. Participants completed the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) and other questionnaire measures of demographics, intentions to be vaccinated, and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination programs. Results: A total of 2058 college students participated in this study. Students who were willing to get COVID-19 vaccines had significantly higher BAS-2 scores than did those who were unwilling to receive a vaccine (3.61 ± 0.84 vs. 3.34 ± 0.92, <i>p</i> < 0.001). A hierarchical multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to test the association between body appreciation and COVID-19 vaccine intentions when controlling for other covariates; elevated BAS-2 scores were associated with greater willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines (OR = 1.250, 95%CI: 1.112–1.406, <i>p</i> < 0.001), independent of other significant influences. Conclusion: Our study was the first to reveal that body appreciation is a significant factor related to college students’ COVID-19 vaccination intentions. Public health interventions designed to improve people’s body-appreciation levels may help in efforts to promote universal immunization.Zi-Han LiuWei BaiHong CaiShou LiuXu ChenHan QiRui LiuTeris CheungZhaohui SuTodd JacksonSha ShaYu-Tao XiangMDPI AGarticlebody appreciationCOVID-19 vaccinevaccination intentionscollege studentMedicineRENVaccines, Vol 9, Iss 1285, p 1285 (2021)
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spellingShingle	body appreciation COVID-19 vaccine vaccination intentions college student Medicine R Zi-Han Liu Wei Bai Hong Cai Shou Liu Xu Chen Han Qi Rui Liu Teris Cheung Zhaohui Su Todd Jackson Sha Sha Yu-Tao Xiang Body Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines
description	Background: Following the initial manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, numerous studies have investigated factors that influence people’s vaccination intentions. However, no studies have examined links of vaccination attitudes with body-related attitudes, especially body appreciation. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted this study to disentangle the relationship between college students’ COVID-19 vaccination intentions and body appreciation. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Chinese college students. Participants completed the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) and other questionnaire measures of demographics, intentions to be vaccinated, and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination programs. Results: A total of 2058 college students participated in this study. Students who were willing to get COVID-19 vaccines had significantly higher BAS-2 scores than did those who were unwilling to receive a vaccine (3.61 ± 0.84 vs. 3.34 ± 0.92, <i>p</i> < 0.001). A hierarchical multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to test the association between body appreciation and COVID-19 vaccine intentions when controlling for other covariates; elevated BAS-2 scores were associated with greater willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines (OR = 1.250, 95%CI: 1.112–1.406, <i>p</i> < 0.001), independent of other significant influences. Conclusion: Our study was the first to reveal that body appreciation is a significant factor related to college students’ COVID-19 vaccination intentions. Public health interventions designed to improve people’s body-appreciation levels may help in efforts to promote universal immunization.
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author	Zi-Han Liu Wei Bai Hong Cai Shou Liu Xu Chen Han Qi Rui Liu Teris Cheung Zhaohui Su Todd Jackson Sha Sha Yu-Tao Xiang
author_facet	Zi-Han Liu Wei Bai Hong Cai Shou Liu Xu Chen Han Qi Rui Liu Teris Cheung Zhaohui Su Todd Jackson Sha Sha Yu-Tao Xiang
author_sort	Zi-Han Liu
title	Body Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines
title_short	Body Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines
title_full	Body Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines
title_fullStr	Body Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines
title_full_unstemmed	Body Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines
title_sort	body appreciation as a factor associated with college students’ willingness to receive future covid-19 vaccines
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f2c4f255191e46d3ac9f4aa90938f361
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Body Appreciation as a Factor Associated with College Students’ Willingness to Receive Future COVID-19 Vaccines

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