Going against the herd: Psychological and cultural factors underlying the 'vaccination confidence gap'

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Browne, Matthew ^a   Thomson, Patricia ^c   Rockloff, Matthew Justus ^a   Pennycook, Gordon ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; VACCINATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUEENSLAND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943327771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132562     Document Type: Article

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