A5082871870- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation
- Ethics in Business and Education
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
University of Turku
2021-2025
Åbo Akademi University
2015-2025
Turku University Hospital
2023
Karolinska Institutet
2021
Stockholm Health Care Services
2021
As studies indicate that people perceive COVID-19 as a threatening disease, the demand for vaccine against disease could be expected to high. Vaccine safety concerns might nevertheless outweigh perceived risks when an individual decides whether or not accept vaccine. We investigated role of risk (i.e., likelihood infection, severity, and disease-related worry) prospective in predicting intentions Three Finnish samples were surveyed: 825 parents small children, 205 individuals living area...
Information and assurance from healthcare workers (HCWs) is reported by laypeople as a key factor in their decision to get vaccinated. However, previous research has shown that, the general population, hesitancy towards vaccines exists among HCWs well. Previous studies further suggest that with higher confidence vaccinations vaccine providers are more willing take themselves recommend patients. In present study 2962 Finnish (doctors, head nurses, practical nurses), we explored associations...
Abstract Background We investigated if people’s response to the official recommendations during COVID-19 pandemic is associated with conspiracy beliefs related COVID-19, a distrust in sources providing information on and an endorsement of complementary alternative medicine (CAM). Methods The sample consisted 1325 Finnish adults who filled out online survey marketed Facebook. Structural regression analysis was used investigate whether: 1) beliefs, sources, CAM predict non-pharmaceutical...
Executive tasks are important instruments for neuropsychological and cognitive research, but only a limited number of studies have investigated the test-retest reliability these tasks. Such information is needed optimizing task usage, example, in longitudinal intervention studies. In this study with healthy adults, we temporal stability five executive tasks: Simon task, visuoverbal N-back visuospatial running memory Number-letter task. These frequently used previously published data very or...
Familicides have received relatively little attention and are mostly discussed in studies with broader aims. Here, we reviewed 67 from 18 countries on familicides, which an offender killed or attempted to kill their current former spouse/intimate partner one more of biological stepchildren. We conducted a systematic literature search PubMed, PsycINFO, Google Scholar. Eight investigated familicide specifically, while the remaining reported cases as subsample. retrieved data offenders' gender,...
The present study investigated the effect of bilingualism on two widely used developmental neuropsychological test batteries Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) and A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment, Second (NEPSY-II) in children. sample consisted 100 Finland-Swedish children age groups. About half (n = 52) participants were early simultaneous bilinguals, other 48) monolinguals. As no versions tests are available at moment, both translated adapted...
Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate whether anti-vaccination attitudes and behavior, positive complementary alternative medicine (CAM), are driven by trait reactance a distrust in medical doctors. Methods sample consisted 770 Finnish parents who filled out an online survey. Structural equation modeling (SEM) used examine if plays role vaccination decisions, vaccine attitudes, use CAM, that relationship is mediated trust Results Parents with higher had lower doctors,...
Abstract The current study sought to determine whether public perceptions of other vaccines and diseases than COVID-19 have been impacted by the pandemic. We longitudinally examined there had a change from before pandemic during in: (a) influenza vaccination behaviour intentions; (b) perceived benefit childhood vaccines; (c) safety (d) severity measles influenza; (e) trust in healthcare professionals two samples Finnish adults ( N = 205 Study 1 197 2). findings showed that pandemic, more...
Health care professionals are in a key position to promote vaccinations. However, consulting vaccine-hesitant patients can be difficult, especially when bring up anti-vaccination arguments. Whereas prior research has identified essential skills for refuting arguments, little is known about how acquire these skills. Our aim was determine if empathetic refutational interview text scenarios help health build confidence and abilities countering We conducted an online randomized controlled...
This Comment piece summarises current challenges regarding routine vaccine uptake in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and provides recommendations on how to increase uptake. To implement these recommendations, article points evidence-based resources that can support health-care workers, policy makers communicators.
Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play an important role in vaccination; those with low confidence vaccines are less likely to recommend them their patients and be vaccinated themselves. The study's purpose was adapt validate long- short-form versions of the International Professionals' Vaccine Confidence Behaviors (I-Pro-VC-Be) questionnaire measure psychosocial determinants HCPs' vaccine associations vaccination behaviors European countries.After original French-language Pro-VC-Be culturally...
The lack of validated instruments assessing vaccine hesitancy/confidence among health care professionals (HCPs) for themselves, and their patients led us to develop validate the Pro-VC-Be instrument measure confidence other psychosocial determinants HCPs' vaccination behavior diverse HCPs in different countries.Cross-sectional survey October-November 2020 1,249 GPs France, 432 French-speaking parts Belgium, 1,055 nurses Quebec (Canada), all participating general population immunization....
In general, adults invest more in related children compared to unrelated children. To test whether this pattern reflects variations psychological kinship estimates (i.e., putative relatedness weighted by certainty relatedness), willingness belonging different categories (direct offspring, nieces/nephews, stepchildren, and friends' children) was measured a population-based sample of 1,012 adults. Respondents reported their own biological children, than other (nieces nephews), or stepchildren...
Objective: As COVID-19 continues to spread, researchers are working develop a safe and effective vaccine. The success of an approved vaccine in stopping or slowing the pandemic will ultimately depend on public’s acceptance it. studies indicate that people perceive as threatening disease, demand for could be expected high. However, safety concerns might still outweigh perceived disease risks decision vaccinate against COVID-19. In present paper, role risk (i.e., likelihood infection,...
Investigating attitudes towards mandatory vaccination and sanctions for refusal in an area with insufficient coverage may help health authorities to assess which strategies increasing are appropriate. This study examines vaccine mandates asks questions regarding what kinds of could legitimately result from refusal. It seeks find out if people's related their vaccines the degree trust they feel care professionals authorities. The also discusses how observed be perceptions autonomy,...
Abstract Anti‐science attitudes can be resilient to scientific evidence if they are rooted in psychological motives. One such motive is trait reactance, which refers the need react with opposition when one's freedom of choice has been threatened. In three studies, we investigated reactance as a motivation reject vaccination. longitudinal studies ( n = 199; 293), examined measured before COVID‐19 pandemic was related people's willingness get vaccinated against up 2 years later during...
Research has found that vaccine-promoting messages can elicit state reactance (i.e., negative emotions in response to a perceived threat behavioral freedom), especially among individuals with high trait proneness experiencing reactance). This result lower willingness accept vaccines. We investigated whether inoculation against - is, forewarning about potentially reduce the effects of on vaccination willingness. Participants (
The efficacy of working memory (WM) training has been a controversial and hotly debated issue during the last years, despite large number studies several meta-analyses, matter not yet solved. We conducted multi-level meta-analysis on cognitive transfer effects in healthy adults who have administered WM updating with n-back tasks, most common experimental paradigm. Thanks to this methodological approach that employed previous meta-analyses field, we were able include effect sizes from all...
Background: We investigated if people’s response to the official recommendations during COVID-19 pandemic is associated with conspiracy beliefs related COVID-19, a distrust in sources providing information on and an endorsement of complementary alternative medicine (CAM). Methods: The sample consisted 1325 Finnish adults who filled out online survey marketed Facebook. Structural regression analysis was used investigate whether: 1) beliefs, sources, CAM predict non-pharmaceutical...
Vaccine hesitancy has become a threat to public health, especially as it is phenomenon that also been observed among healthcare professionals. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between endorsement of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) vaccination attitudes behaviors professionals, using cross-sectional sample physicians with responsibilities from four European countries: Germany, Finland, Portugal, France (total N = 2,787). Our results suggest that, in all participating...
The behavioral immune system is considered to be a psychological adaptation that decreases the risk of infection. Research suggests that, in current environment, this can produce attitudes with negative health consequences, such as increased vaccine hesitancy. In three studies, we investigated whether two facets system-germ aversion (i.e., potential pathogen transmission) and perceived infectability susceptibility disease)-predicted intentions accept COVID-19 influenza vaccination during...
Background Vaccine confidence among health care professionals (HCPs) is a key determinant of vaccination behaviors. We validate short-form version the 31-item Pro-VC-Be (Health Professionals Confidence and Behaviors) questionnaire that measures HCPs' in commitment to vaccination.Research design methods A cross-sectional survey 2,696 HCPs established long-form tool measure 10 dimensions psychosocial determinants Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) models tested construct validity 69,984...
Abstract People’s negative attitudes to vaccines can be motivated by psychological factors—such as fears, ideological beliefs, and cognitive patterns—known ‘attitude roots’. This study had two primary objectives: (1) identify which of 11 known attitude roots are featured in individuals’ self-expressed reasons for vaccine (i.e., a linguistic analysis); (2) explore how present texts linked specific measures. To achieve Objective 1, our collected data from December 2022 January 2023 556...