I am not an anti‐vaxxer
Women's Diverging Representations of Covid‐19 Vaccination and Pregnancy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6434153 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shayleigh Walker‐jone (0000-0002-4136-0745, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Queensland Australia), Gail Moloney (0000-0002-3022-9637, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Queensland Australia), Mary Hutchinson (0000-0003-0025-2681, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Queensland Australia) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/casp.70088 |
| OpenAlex | W4408744703 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 43 |
Despite a disproportionate risk of harm from contracting COVID‐19, pregnant women in Australia are reluctant to vaccinate. Drawing from social representations theory, this study investigated lay knowledge associated with women, pregnancy and COVID‐19 vaccination towards the end of the pandemic. Women in regional New South Wales ( N = 103; M age = 39.76) completed an online survey comprising risk/benefit scales and a word association task. Results revealed that pregnant women and women considering pregnancy perceived ‘pregnant women’ as being at high risk from the COVID‐19 virus and AstraZeneca vaccine. Regardless of pregnancy status, patterns in women's perceived risk of the virus and vaccines differed by vaccination status and reasoning. Risk and pregnancy issues frequently co‐occurred in women's associations. However, the meaning of these associations varied in relation to women's vaccination experiences. Conceptualised as ‘thema’ risk/safety was central to a social representational field elaborated among women. Aspects of the representational field were elicited depending on self/other relations and diverging emancipated and polemic representations in response to institutional messaging
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Biology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Outbreak · Pandemic · Pregnancy · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Vaccination · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Internal Medicine · Virology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |