Does Self-Efficacy Mediate the Relationships Between Social-Cognitive Factors and Intentions to Receive HPV Vaccination Among Young Women?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Keywords
HPV vaccination, health beliefs, health behaviors, cancer prevention, self-efficacy
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.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773817741590
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Clinical Nursing Research, v. 28, issue 6, p. 708-725
Scholar Commons Citation
Christy, Shannon M.; Winger, Joseph G.; and Mosher, Catherine E., "Does Self-Efficacy Mediate the Relationships Between Social-Cognitive Factors and Intentions to Receive HPV Vaccination Among Young Women?" (2019). Oncologic Sciences Faculty Publications. 19.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/onc_facpub/19
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