Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-01-24DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2447358
George N Okoli, Alexandra E Soos, Katharine Etsell, Alexandra Grossman Moon, Hannah Kimmel Supron, Avneet Grewal, Christine J Neilson, Caroline Richardson, Diane M Harper
{"title":"Socioeconomic and Health-Related Characteristics Associated with Initiation and Completion of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among Males in the United States: An In-Depth Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"George N Okoli, Alexandra E Soos, Katharine Etsell, Alexandra Grossman Moon, Hannah Kimmel Supron, Avneet Grewal, Christine J Neilson, Caroline Richardson, Diane M Harper","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2447358","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2447358","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among males is poorly understood. We systematically reviewed individual socioeconomic/health-related characteristics associated with HPV vaccine initiation and vaccination series completion among males in the United States. We searched for literature up to August 1, 2023, and pooled appropriate multivariable-adjusted results using an inverse variance random effects model, with results expressed as odds ratios. Among pediatric males (<18 years old), we observed moderately increased odds of vaccine initiation in urban residence, with being a Black/Hispanic male versus White male, public versus private health insurance, and visiting a health care provider in the past year. Influenza vaccination in the past year strongly increased the odds. Further, urban residence and having a parent with lower/no education moderately increased the odds of vaccination series completion, whereas influenza vaccination strongly increased the odds. Among adult males (≥18 years old), we observed moderately increased odds of vaccine initiation in the US-born, unemployed, unmarried/separated/divorced/widowed; among the states in the Northern versus Western region; having had a sexually transmitted infection; and being gay/bisexual. Younger age, living in the states in the Northern versus Southern region, having health insurance, and having visited a health care provider in the past year strongly increased the odds. Further, higher education, unmarried/separated/divorced/widowed, being a White male versus Black male, living in the states in the Northern versus Western region, and having a primary care physician moderately increased the odds of vaccination series completion, whereas having health insurance and being gay/bisexual strongly increased the odds. These findings may inform age-targeted future vaccination program planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"185-206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143034772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2447357
Lu Dong, Laura M Bogart, David J Klein, Nthabiseng Phaladze, Keonayang Kgotlaetsile, Kathy J Goggin, Mosepele Mosepele
{"title":"Internalized HIV Stigma, Sleep Problems, and Depressive Symptoms in People with HIV in Botswana.","authors":"Lu Dong, Laura M Bogart, David J Klein, Nthabiseng Phaladze, Keonayang Kgotlaetsile, Kathy J Goggin, Mosepele Mosepele","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2447357","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2447357","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the impact of internalized HIV stigma on sleep problems and depression in people living with HIV (PLWH) in Botswana. It also explores whether sleep problems mediate the relationship between internalized HIV stigma and depressive symptoms, given that sleep disturbance is a symptom of depression and often predates a depressive episode. Secondary analysis was conducted using baseline data from a pilot randomized controlled trial on 58 virally unsuppressed PLWH in Gaborone, Botswana. Internalized HIV stigma, sleep disturbance and daytime impairment, and depressive symptoms were assessed using validated scales. Multiple linear regression and simple mediation models with bootstrap procedures were employed. Covariates for the adjusted models were age and sex assigned at birth. One in five participants reported experiencing moderate to extreme sleep problems. Internalized HIV stigma was associated with greater nighttime sleep disturbance, but not with daytime impairments or depressive symptoms. An indirect effect between internalized HIV stigma and depressive symptoms via nighttime sleep disturbance was identified; however, this path was no longer significant after adjusting for covariates. No significant indirect effects were found via daytime impairments. The findings of this study extend the existing literature by exploring the interplay between internalized HIV stigma, sleep disturbances, and depression among PLWH in Africa. While internalized HIV stigma contributes to nighttime sleep disturbance, its indirect role in affecting depressive symptoms is less clear, potentially due to small sample size. The study suggests the need for targeted interventions addressing sleep disturbances to potentially mitigate the psychological impacts of internalized HIV stigma.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"175-179"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12263340/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-02-12DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2025.2451920
Meaghan L Delcourt, Emily Copenhaver, Dean G Cruess
{"title":"Cardiac Autonomic and Affective Reactivity to Laboratory Stressors across the Menstrual Cycle: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Meaghan L Delcourt, Emily Copenhaver, Dean G Cruess","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2451920","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2451920","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fluctuations in steroid sex hormones are associated with altered cardiac autonomic and affective functioning across the female lifespan. The neuroendocrine pathways which modulate sex hormone changes during the menstrual cycle have reciprocal interactions with the autonomic nervous system, an integral system for self-regulation and stress response. Cardiac autonomic activity is often imbalanced among individuals with mental and physical health conditions. However, it is unclear whether variations in female-typical sex hormones across the menstrual cycle significantly alter cardiac autonomic and affective stress reactivity, which may underlie menstrual-related mood and psychosomatic symptoms. The present systematic review aims to address this gap by characterizing patterns of cardiac autonomic activity at baseline, and cardiac autonomic and affective reactivity to laboratory stress tasks across the menstrual cycle in reproductive-aged women. The review was preregistered (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/B2Y5Q) and conducted in line with PRISMA guidelines. Twenty studies and 28 records were identified and discussed. The study found modest support for increased cardiac sympathetic activation at baseline and in response to stress, and greater affective reactivity within the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. These results expand upon prior research demonstrating cardiac autonomic imbalance and affective vulnerability within the luteal phase to show that these patterns also influence stress reactivity. Additionally, the review aims to identify notable methodological limitations and gaps within this body of literature and suggests areas of future research to clarify the role of cardiac autonomic and affective processes in steroid sex hormone-related symptomatology.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"207-220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143400751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2447377
Sara Mansour, Rawan A Hammoud, Ranam Hamoud, Samya El Sayed, Hala Kerbage, Batoul Assi, Ahmad Assi, Martine Elbejjani
{"title":"Lifestyle and Health Behavior Changes in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Role for Mental Health Symptoms and Diagnosis and Daily Life Difficulties During Lockdown in Lebanon.","authors":"Sara Mansour, Rawan A Hammoud, Ranam Hamoud, Samya El Sayed, Hala Kerbage, Batoul Assi, Ahmad Assi, Martine Elbejjani","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2447377","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2447377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several studies report significant changes in lifestyle habits during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet results are largely heterogeneous across populations. We examined changes in lifestyle and health behaviors during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Lebanon and assessed whether mental and physical health indicators and outbreak- and lockdown-related factors are related to these changes. Data come from a cross-sectional online survey (May-June 2020) which assessed changes in smoking, alcohol, diet, eating behavior, physical activity, sleep hours, sleep satisfaction, social media use, self-rated health, and life satisfaction (<i>n</i> = 494). We examined these changes' association with current depressive and anxiety symptoms, presence of physical and mental disorders, outbreak-related worries, and lockdown-related factors using regression models adjusted for sociodemographic and socioeconomic covariates. Most prevalent changes were increased social media use (63.2%) and decreased life satisfaction (54.9%) and physical activity (53.4%). Higher depressive and anxiety symptoms, higher daily life difficulties, and presence of diagnosed mental disorder were related to worsening of almost all behaviors. Participants with higher outbreak worries had less healthy diet and increased social media use. Higher adherence to lockdown and preventive measures were associated with increased social media use and lower life satisfaction, respectively. Results show a clear clustering of negative lifestyle and health behavioral changes with current mental health symptoms, existing mental health disorder, and daily life challenges during lockdowns. Findings highlight the importance of tracking higher-risk mental health subgroups to mitigate further adverse impact on mental and physical health.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"241-253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inari Mohammed, Rachel Widome, Sydney Kuramoto, Miriam Halstead Muscoplat, Kelly M Searle
{"title":"Racial, Ethnic, and Sociodemographic Disparities in the Uptake of the MMR Vaccine Among Minnesota Children.","authors":"Inari Mohammed, Rachel Widome, Sydney Kuramoto, Miriam Halstead Muscoplat, Kelly M Searle","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2025.2494518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2025.2494518","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The US has seen a sharp increase in measles cases in recent years. The measles vaccines (MMR and MMRV) are highly effective at preventing measles infections; however, vaccine coverage varies between racial/ethnic categories. Our objective was to use Minnesota Department of Health data to examine the association between a child's birthing parent's race, ethnicity, and other sociodemographic characteristics, and receipt of the first dose of a measles-containing vaccine by age 24 months. Sociodemographic data came from Minnesota birth certificate records (from 2017 to 2022), which are unique among states in how detailed ethnicity is characterized. During this timeframe, only 80% of the study population received the first dose of a measles-containing vaccine by age 24 months. We identified vaccination inequities by ethnicity, which could not be fully explained by these ethnic groups' differing socioeconomic status. Two groups, Somali-Minnesotan and Ethiopian-Minnesotan (which are often aggregated into a \"Black\" race), had the lowest levels of on-time first dose coverage (Somali = 31%, Ethiopian = 64%). Other factors associated with a lower predicted probability of coverage by 24 months included receiving inadequate prenatal care and lower socioeconomic status. Our main findings demonstrate the importance of racial/ethnic disaggregation when studying vaccine inequities. Collapsing race/ethnicity into broad categories like \"Black\" or \"Hispanic\" obscures a great deal of variability in outcomes. Those who are identified as at-risk for missing vaccine doses, the causes for this, and the possible approaches public health agencies might consider in preventing outbreaks should all differ depending on who is most affected.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adverse Childhood Experiences and Body Mass Index Status among Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs.","authors":"Iulia Mihaila, Cheng-Shi Shiu, Leah Bernard, Deana Herrman, Janine Salameh, Kristin Berg, Kruti Acharya","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2424172","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2424172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study examined the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and body mass index (BMI) status among children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), and the role of health characteristics and lifestyle factors in predicting BMI. Data from the 2016-2020 National Survey of Children's Health were utilized. Key variables included: ACEs, BMI status, level of functional impairment, depression, weekly level of physical activity, and daily screen time. Multivariable ordinal logistic regression analyses were used to examine associations between selected variables and BMI status. The sample consisted of 19,743 CYSHCN. Respectively, CYSHCN with exposure to 1-2 ACEs (vs. none) and 3+ ACEs (vs. none), had a 22% and 32% increase in odds of a one-level increase in BMI status, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, level of functional impairment, and depression. When lifestyle factors (i.e., physical activity and screen time) were included in analyses, CYSHCN with exposure to 3+ ACEs (vs. none) had a 27% increase in odds of a one-level increase in BMI status. Thus, we found that ACEs were significantly associated with BMI status. However, the strength of this relation changed when considering CYSHCN health characteristics and CYSHCN lifestyle factors. A higher weekly level of physical activity, in particular, seemed to play a significant role in reducing risk of higher BMI status among CYSHCN with exposure to 3+ ACEs (vs. none). Findings support the development of physical activity promotion programs and education regarding strategic utilization of screen time (e.g., educational apps and games) for CYSHCN and their families.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"156-163"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142683678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-10-23DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2417077
Bruna C Mazzolani, Gabriel P Esteves, Jessica Cheng, Jennifer K Frediani, Britney Beatrice, Jacob K Kariuki
{"title":"Diet Quality Changes in a 12-Week Web-Based Physical Activity Intervention without Explicit Dietary Guidance.","authors":"Bruna C Mazzolani, Gabriel P Esteves, Jessica Cheng, Jennifer K Frediani, Britney Beatrice, Jacob K Kariuki","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2417077","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2417077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lifestyle habits seem interconnected and extant studies suggest that a lifestyle-related modification can impact other related behaviors. For instance, interventions targeting physical activity (PA) could potentially impact dietary patterns and quality. Therefore, we hypothesized that a web-based intervention to increase PA would lead to changes in diet quality without explicit dietary guidance. Our aim was to evaluate changes in diet quality, measured by the Healthy Eating Index 2020 (HEI-2020), following a 12-week web-based PA intervention in adults with obesity. The study consisted of secondary analysis of a 12-week pilot randomized controlled trial, wherein participants (<i>N</i> = 82) were randomized to the Physical Activity for The Heart (PATH) intervention group, which included workout videos and virtual coaching, or a wait-list control group. Diet quality was assessed at baseline and post-intervention using the HEI-2020 based on recalls collected through the Automated Self-Administered 24-h recall (ASA-24) system. Baseline characteristics were similar across groups. Both groups showed small improvements in HEI-2020 total scores after 12 wk (PATH: 65.11 vs. Control: 62.24). Stratification by moderate to vigorous physical activities increase (<60 min. vs. ≥60 min.) revealed greater improvements in specific HEI-2020 components in the ≥60 min group, though overall changes remained modest. The PA intervention led to small improvements in certain diet quality components, suggesting potential interconnectedness between PA and dietary habits. However, overall changes in HEI-2020 scores were modest. Future research with larger samples should explore the effects of PA intervention alone vs. combined with dietary guidance on diet quality in adults with obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"85-93"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142513415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-11-11DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2424168
Paul Sharp, John L Oliffe, Joan L Bottorff, Simon M Rice, Nico Schulenkorf, Cristina M Caperchione
{"title":"Men's Preferences for Language and Communication in Mental Health Promotion: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Paul Sharp, John L Oliffe, Joan L Bottorff, Simon M Rice, Nico Schulenkorf, Cristina M Caperchione","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2424168","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2424168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tailored language and communication strategies underpin men's engagement with public health initiatives. The aim of this study was to explore men's preferences for language and communication in mental health promotion and provide recommendations for current and future programs. A sequential mixed-methods design was used including five focus groups and 21 individual interviews with 64 men. Interpretive description was used to inductively derive three themes: (1) Using coded language to confer mental health, which highlighted the tacit meaning and implications of language as well as men's covert strategies to communicate their challenges and emotions; (2) Summoning masculine capital with association and metaphors, wherein men's strategies for conveying mental health in acceptable and relatable ways are chronicled; and (3) Dynamism language to signal action and growth, illustrating participants' preference for strength-based approaches and gain-framed messaging that positions men as drivers of self-management and personal development. Important implications for men's mental health promotion are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"146-155"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142633060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2023-12-19DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2023.2290485
Devanshi Mistry, Tanya Smit, Joseph W Ditre, Jafar Bakhshaie, Michael J Zvolensky
{"title":"The Role of Pain Avoidance in the Relation between Pain Intensity and Smoking Cessation Processes.","authors":"Devanshi Mistry, Tanya Smit, Joseph W Ditre, Jafar Bakhshaie, Michael J Zvolensky","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2023.2290485","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2023.2290485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scientific evidence suggests that smokers who experience varying levels of pain are more likely to maintain their addiction to tobacco. The relationship between pain intensity and cognitive-based smoking processes within a mechanistic framework has received relatively little attention. Pain avoidance may influence the association between pain intensity and smoking, as it is a construct that is related to adverse pain and smoking processes. Thus, the current cross-sectional study examined the indirect effect of pain intensity on three clinically significant smoking processes (i.e., prior quit problems, perceived barriers for cessation, and negative affect reduction smoking expectancies) through pain avoidance among 95 treatment-seeking adult smokers. Regression analyses were conducted using bootstrapping techniques through PROCESS, a conditional modeling program that utilizes an ordinary least squares-based path analytical framework to test for both direct and indirect associations. Results indicated that pain intensity had a statistically significant indirect association with quit problems and perceived barriers for cessation, through pain avoidance. Pain intensity did not have a statistically significant indirect association with the negative affect reduction of smoking expectancies through pain avoidance. The current findings provide evidence for the role of pain avoidance as a potential transdiagnostic mechanism that contributes to maladaptive smoking outcomes within the larger context of the reciprocal model of pain and substance use.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"164-173"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11187708/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138807476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioral MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-06-14DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2024.2355117
Su Yeong Kim, Wen Wen, Kiera M Coulter, Hin Wing Tse, Yayu Du, Shanting Chen, Yang Hou, Yishan Shen
{"title":"Sociocultural Antecedents and Mechanisms of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Mexican-Origin Youth.","authors":"Su Yeong Kim, Wen Wen, Kiera M Coulter, Hin Wing Tse, Yayu Du, Shanting Chen, Yang Hou, Yishan Shen","doi":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2355117","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08964289.2024.2355117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mexican-origin youth, as a large and growing population among U.S. youth, have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Understanding what, when, and how sociocultural factors may influence their COVID-19 vaccine uptake could inform current and future pandemic-response interventions promoting vaccination behaviors among Mexican-origin youth. The current study takes a developmental approach to reveal the long-term and short-term sociocultural antecedents of 198 Mexican-origin adolescents' COVID-19 vaccination uptake behaviors and explores the underlying mechanism of these associations based on the Knowledge-Attitude-Behavior model. The current study adopted Wave 1 (2012-2015) and Wave 4 (2021-2022) self-reported data from a larger study. Analyses were conducted to examine four mediation models for four sociocultural antecedents-daily discrimination, ethnic discrimination, foreigner stress, and family economic stress-separately. Consistent indirect effects of higher levels of concurrent sociocultural risk factors on a lower probability of COVID-19 vaccine uptake were observed to occur through less knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccines and less positive attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccines at Wave 4. Significant direct effects, but in opposite directions, were found for the associations between Wave 1 ethnic discrimination/Wave 4 daily discrimination and the probability of COVID-19 vaccine uptake. The findings highlight the importance of considering prior and concurrent sociocultural antecedents and the Knowledge-Attitude-Behavior pathway leading to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Mexican-origin youth and suggest that the impact of discrimination on COVID-19 vaccination uptake may depend on the type (e.g., daily or ethnic) and the context (e.g., during the COVID-19 pandemic or not) of discrimination experienced.</p>","PeriodicalId":55395,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"94-105"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11645438/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141319007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}