Date of Award
12-14-2015
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
Department
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
First Advisor
Ran Wei
Abstract
HPV vaccination is an important public health issue, but past research has mostly been done on the HPV vaccination for females. This study explores promotions of the HPV vaccination for men, focusing on how social influence plays a role in influencing young male adults’ attitudes toward the HPV vaccine. An online survey was conducted on Amazon Mechanical Turk, and responses from 656 males aged 18-26 in the United States were analyzed. Results indicated that exposure to messages were associated with perceived effects of the messages on others, which related to the perceived descriptive norm of vaccine uptake among other males. However, the perceived injunctive norm was more powerful in predicting support for the HPV vaccination for males than the perceived descriptive norm. Perceived descriptive norm were found to be associated with how men attributed the responsibilities of HPV infections and vaccinations to the self or to women, which in turn related to support for the vaccine. Findings point to suggestions for future promotions of the HPV vaccination for males.
Rights
© 2015, Wan Chi Leung
Recommended Citation
Leung, W. C.(2015). Promoting HPV Vaccination for Male Young Adults: Effects of Social Influence. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/3279