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ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2026

Vaccination Readiness and Conspiracy Beliefs to Virus-Based Diseases: A Validation Study.

Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu, Mei-Dan Lai, Jiajia Ye, Mark D Griffiths, Servet Üztemur, Carol Strong, Nai-Ying Ko, Po-Ching Huang, Chung-Ying Lin

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Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Daniel Kwasi AhorsuDepartment of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, 10 Lo Ping Rd. Ting Kok New Territories, Hong Kong, China, ied.edu.hk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0530-8138
Mei-Dan LaiDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan 701401, Taiwan, ncku.edu.tw.
Jiajia YeDepartment of Rehabilitation Assessments, Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 53 North Wu Si Rd., Fuzhou 350003, China, fjtcm.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7548-0681
Mark D GriffithsPsychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare St, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK, ntu.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524
Servet ÜztemurDepartment of Turkish and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, Anadolu University, Yeşiltepe Yunus Emre Kampüsü Anadolu University, Eskişehir 26470, Türkiye, anadolu.edu.tr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1580-9123
Carol StrongDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan 701401, Taiwan, ncku.edu.tw.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-5382
Nai-Ying KoDepartment of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan 701401, Taiwan, ncku.edu.tw.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-2537
Po-Ching HuangDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, 1 Sheung Shing St. Homantin Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, hkmu.edu.hk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2047-2246
Chung-Ying LinDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan 701401, Taiwan, ncku.edu.tw.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2129-4242

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Abstract

Individuals' conspiracy beliefs can influence their vaccination readiness, which may affect the annual vaccination uptake rate for infectious diseases such as influenza and COVID-19. To provide reliable and valid tools adapted to the Taiwanese context in assessing these two constructs, the present study validated the psychometric properties of four scales among Taiwanese adults: the COVID-19 Vaccination Readiness Scale (CVRS), Influenza Vaccination Readiness Scale (IVRS), Influenza Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (ICBS), and COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (CCBS). A total of 914 participants completed the online survey between October and November, 2024. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed to confirm the model structures and factor loadings for the four scales. All fit indices for all the scales were acceptable, with CVRS and IVRS fitting well to a bifactor model-general and specific-(comparative fix index [CFI] = 0.936 and 0.943) and the CCBS and ICBS to a two-factor model (CFI = 0.961 and 0.973). The internal consistency assessed by Cronbach's alpha [

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COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs ScaleCOVID-19 Vaccination Readiness ScaleInfluenza Conspiracy Beliefs ScaleInfluenza Vaccination Readiness ScaleTaiwanese

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