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				The Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the 5C Psychological Antecedents of Vaccination Scale														
			
			SuYeon Bae, HeeJu Kim			
				J Korean Acad Nurs 2023;53(3):324-339.   Published online June 30, 2023			
									DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.23021
							
							 
				
										
										 Abstract  PDFPurposeThis study aimed to valuate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the 5C Psychological Antecedents of Vaccination (K-5C) scale.
 Methods
 The English version of the 5C scale was translated into Korean, following the World Health Organization guidelines. Data were collected from 316 community-dwelling adults. Content validity was evaluated using the content validity index, while construct validity was evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis. Convergent validity was examined by assessing the correlation with vaccination attitude, and concurrent validity was evaluated by examining the association with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination status. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were also evaluated.
 Results
 Content validity results indicated an item-level content validity index ranging from .83 to 1, and scale-level content validity index, averaging method was .95. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the fit of the measurement model, comprising a five-factor structure with a 15-item questionnaire (RMSEA = .05, SRMR = .05, CFI = .97, TLI = .96). Convergent validity was acceptable with a significant correlation between each sub-scale of the 5C scale and vaccination attitude. In concurrent validity evaluation, confidence, constraints, and collective responsibility of the 5C scale were significant independent predictors of the current COVID-19 vaccination status. Cronbach’s alpha for each subscale ranged from .78 to .88, and the intraclass correlation coefficient for each subscale ranged from .67 to .89.
 Conclusion
 The Korean version of the 5C scale is a valid and reliable tool to assess the psychological antecedents of vaccination among Korean adults.
					Citations Citations to this article as recorded by   COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and 5C psychological antecedents amid the omicron surge in South Korea and ChinaMinjung Lee, Chenyuan Qin, Yubin Lee, Jie Deng, Myoungsoon You, Jue Liu
 Vaccine.2025; 43: 126515.     CrossRef
 
		
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