“…However, as previously mentioned, HPV vaccination is not only a pressing public health matter but also an issue with religious, ethical, and political complications (e.g., Dubé et al, 2013). Moreover, the health decision-making, vaccination in particular, is often more proximal, critical, and cognitively centered as it concerns individuals' immediate health and well-being (Asch et al, 1994;Xiao, 2019). As such, we believe that its distinctiveness, sophistication, and urgency have made it a suitable topic to be examined in the current study.…”