May 03, 2022 20:00:00

Research shows that people who become anti-vaccines often have a 'disastrous past such as child abuse and alcoholism', and it is also related to cognitive function.

Anti-vaccine is a familiar problem, as on April 7, 2022, a member of the Japanese anti-vaccine group '

YamatoQ ', which is composed of conspiracy theorists, broke into the vaccination site and was arrested for the current offense. It has become. A New Zealand study that has been chasing participants for half a lifetime has revealed that 'anti-vaccine sentiment is associated with adverse experiences at an early age.'

Deep-seated psychological histories of COVID-19 vaccine hesitance and resistance | PNAS Nexus | Oxford Academic
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac034/6553423

Vaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, a major study finds
https://theconversation.com/vaccine-resistance-has-its-roots-in-negative-childhood-experiences-a-major-study-finds-180114

In February 2022, the anti-vaccine movement is intensifying in New Zealand, with an anti-vaccine demonstration rally held in front of the Parliament building in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, for about a month, with 250 arrests.

Therefore, the research team of Richie Poulton and others, who are psychologists at the University of Otago in New Zealand and director of the long-term research on health and development '

Dunedin Research ' that has been going on for about 50 years, is owned by the participants of the Dunedin Research. I conducted research on resistance to vaccines.

Specifically, a questionnaire was given to 1037 participants in the Dunedin study about their intentions to vaccinate, and the results were analyzed by comparing the results with data on their childhood and lifestyle. The survey period was April-July 2021, just before the start of a national vaccination campaign in New Zealand.

As a result of the research team summarizing the results of the questionnaire, about 13% of the respondents answered that they 'have no plans to be vaccinated.' And when comparing the childhood life of people who are resistant to vaccines and those who are not, some people who are resistant to vaccines are abused including neglect , poor families, and parents are alcoholic. It turned out that many people had a disadvantageous experience in their childhood, such as being addicted.

Regarding this result, Paulton et al. 'The negative childhood experience would have caused a distrust of lifelong authority and instilled the belief that'only you can rely on in case of emergency'.' I'm guessing.

Participants in the Dunedin study, which started in 1972, are just around the age of 50 at the time of writing, but the impact of their childhood experience is apparent early on. A survey conducted when participants were teenagers tended to misunderstand that they were threatened by someone, and as they grew older, they became more inclined to conspiracy theory. An increasing proportion of people are experiencing hygiene problems.

In addition, in this analysis, some people who had a feeling of resistance to the vaccine had problems with cognitive ability from an early age. Specifically, when I was a high school student, I was not good at reading, and my test score for understanding and processing speed of Japanese was low. 'With years of cognitive deficiency, it can be difficult for anyone to understand complex health information. This poor understanding and the extreme negatives that are common to people who are resistant to vaccines. When these emotions are combined, it may form a mysterious idea of vaccines for healthcare professionals, 'Palton and colleagues pointed out.

As mentioned earlier, in the 2021 study just before the vaccination campaign in New Zealand, 13% of respondents said they would not be vaccinated. In other words, more than 10% of people refused to be vaccinated, but as of 2022, the vaccination rate in the country is as high as 95%. The factors are considered to be roughly divided into the following four points.

・ Excellent leadership and easy-to-understand communication of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health.
Taking advantage of the early fears of the arrival of the Delta and Omicron strains of the new coronavirus.
-Mandatory vaccination and widespread border closures have caused controversy.
-The government has delegated responsibility for vaccination to high-risk people, including

Maori and other indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands and those with mental health problems.

In particular, the fourth, community-led approach, 'utilized fine-grained knowledge tailored to individual needs, which helped build the high levels of trust needed to make vaccination decisions.' It is said that. It is thought that such a compassionate response to the feeling of resistance to the vaccine ultimately led to a high vaccination rate.

Based on these findings, Paulton et al. 'It is unlikely that the new coronavirus infection will be the last pandemic, so in preparation for the future, we will discuss the virus, its transmission mechanism, and vaccines at school. We recommend teaching. Early education will help people understand the need for infectious disease control, such as hand washing, wearing masks, social distance, and vaccination, and prepare for the next pandemic. ' He said that early education is important to eliminate the resistance to vaccines that originated from negative childhood experiences.