Questionnaire statement | Concept | Agreement n (%) | Spearman’s rho | Significance |
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I have no objections to vaccination in general | Attitude 1 | 646 (94.6) | 0.209 | <0.0001 |
I sometimes doubt the safety of vaccinations | Attitude 2 | 229 (33.4) | −0.156 | <0.0001 |
Vaccinating all students is costly and therefore not desirable | Attitude 3 | 171 (25.1) | −0.267 | <0.0001 |
I think mumps can have serious consequences for my own health | Risk perception 1 | 483 (70.8) | 0.548 | <0.0001 |
I think I have a high risk of catching mumps | Risk perception 2 | 108 (15.9) | 0.208 | <0.0001 |
It is better to live through mumps, so I would not get vaccinated | Risk perception 3 | 52 (7.7) | −0.158 | <0.0001 |
I do not think mumps is serious for me, so I would not get vaccinated | Risk perception 4 | 180 (26.6) | −0.531 | <0.0001 |
Possible side effects of vaccination stop me from getting vaccinated | Outcome expectations 1 | 281 (41.6) | −0.185 | <0.0001 |
I doubt the safety of the MMR vaccine | Outcome expectations 2 | 91 (13.5) | −0.134 | 0.010 |
The MMR vaccination does not work well, so I would not get vaccinated | Outcome expectations 3 | 95(14.4) | −0.101 | 0.010 |
I would accept vaccination to prevent myself from becoming ill | Outcome expectations 4 | 530 (77.9) | 0.515 | <0.0001 |
As a result of intensive student contacts, mumps cannot be stopped | Outcome expectations 5 | 210 (31.0) | −0.150 | <0.0001 |
I think vaccination decreases my chances of getting mumps | Outcome expectations 6 | 624 (91.4) | 0.275 | <0.0001 |
I would accept vaccination if it were offered as a means of stopping the epidemic | Outcome expectations 7 | 546 (79.8) | 0.412 | <0.0001 |
If I decide not to get vaccinated and I catch the mumps, I would regret my decision | Outcome expectations 8 | 453 (66.9) | 0.193 | <0.0001 |
If the epidemic turned out not to be severe, I would regret getting vaccinated | Outcome expectations 9 | 176 (26.0) | −0.272 | <0.0001 |
I would discuss the advice to get vaccinated with significant others | Social norm 1 | 556 (81.8) | −0.100 | 0.009 |
Significant others think it is important for me to get vaccinated | Social norm 2 | 453 (67.8) | 0.339 | <0.0001 |
The government advises vaccination, so I would accept it | Social norm 3 | 341 (50.4) | 0.385 | <0.0001 |