Pediatrician Personality Factors and Communication with Non-normative Hearing Children

Pediatrician Personality Factors and Communication with Non-normative Hearing Children

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Main Author: Ashwood, Daniel
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2017
Subjects:
Health Education
Pediatrics
Deaf
Hard of Hearing
Child Health
Social Cognitive Theory
Five Factor Trait
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1509983864359956
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin15099838643599562021-08-03T07:04:34Z Pediatrician Personality Factors and Communication with Non-normative Hearing Children Ashwood, Daniel Health Education Pediatrics Deaf Hard of Hearing Child Health Social Cognitive Theory Five Factor Trait This dissertation consists of two studies focused on a sample of pediatricians who completed a survey to examine their interactions with patients with non-normative hearing. Study 1 and 2 used the same sample and survey instrument. Study one examined pediatricians’ preferred communication style with non-normative hearing children in relation to constructs of self-efficacy, behavioral capability, outcome expectations, and exposure. Study two examined communication style preferences of pediatricians and perceived quality of care in relation to the above mentioned constructs while adding personality trait factors to each of the models.Study One Abstract Non-normative hearing patients utilize healthcare less often, and have poorer health outcomes than those with normative hearing. Early childhood interactions have been identified as crucial to non-normative hearers’ perceptions of health care services. The purpose of this study was to: 1) describe the most preferred communication styles among pediatric care providers when they are interacting with non-normative hearing children and 2) determine if preferred communication styles vary by self-efficacy, behavioral capability, outcome expectations, and exposure. A cross-sectional survey of U.S. pediatricians was conducted via e-mail in July 2017. Descriptive statistics were used for aim 1. A logistic regression analysis was used for aim 2. Results showed the most preferred communication style to be speech/lip reading. Findings for the logistic regression indicated significant effects for sex, race, years practicing, practice setting, behavioral capability, outcome expectations, and exposure. Findings demonstrated a need for educating pediatricians in methods of communication beyond speech/lip reading and that those who are female, white, or new to the field may be potential in-roads for health education programming on this topic.Study Two Abstract Interactions between pediatricians and children with non-normative hearing are important and can define young children’s views of health care provision. The purpose of this study was to 1) evaluate whether pediatricians’ predisposing psychological factors were associated with their preferred communication style regarding their interaction with non-normative hearing children and 2) assess whether pediatricians’ predisposing psychological factors were predictive of their perceived quality of care (PQoC) regarding their interaction with non-normative hearing children. Importantly, the impact of several other factors were evaluated, such as: self-efficacy, behavioral capability, outcome expectations, exposure and demographic variables. In examining communication style, statistically significant effects were seen for sex, race, practice setting, behavioral capability, outcome expectations, self-efficacy, and the psychological factor of conscientiousness. Higher PQoC was predicted by sex, age, type of practice, higher behavioral capability, higher outcome expectations, lower exposure, higher agreeableness, lower neuroticism and lower conscientiousness while controlling for the other predictor variables within the model. The directional association of the five factor traits (specifically agreeableness, neuroticism, and conscientiousness) indicated promising results for explaining perceived quality of care from this framework. 2017 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1509983864359956 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1509983864359956 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Health Education
Pediatrics
Deaf
Hard of Hearing
Child Health
Social Cognitive Theory
Five Factor Trait
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Pediatrics
Deaf
Hard of Hearing
Child Health
Social Cognitive Theory
Five Factor Trait
Ashwood, Daniel
Pediatrician Personality Factors and Communication with Non-normative Hearing Children
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