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The Journal of Nursing Administration Apr 2024To assess the role of soft skills in the work of Hospital at Home (HaH) nurse navigators.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the role of soft skills in the work of Hospital at Home (HaH) nurse navigators.
BACKGROUND
In HaH programs that employ them, nurse navigators are often responsible for identifying, assessing, referring, and educating potential HaH patients. The experiences of these navigators have gone understudied.
METHODS
Researchers conducted semistructured interviews and observations with nurse navigators (n = 7) who collectively cover 14 North Carolina-based HaH sites. Navigators were asked to keep diaries of responses to directed questions.
RESULTS
In their capacity as navigators, interviewees said they served several roles: intermediaries between hospital and HaH staff, interpreters of clinical knowledge for patients, and champions of, and educators for, the home-based program. The navigators noted that the interpersonal soft skills of building rapport, clear communication, and gentle persuasion were of the utmost importance in this work.
CONCLUSIONS
The job descriptions of nurse navigators in HaH programs should fully reflect the breadth of their responsibilities, including time performing soft skilled labor. Also, training for these roles should include techniques to develop and refine these skills.
Topics: Humans; Communication; Persuasive Communication; Hospitals; Job Description; North Carolina
PubMed: 38512086
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001417 -
Health Communication Oct 2023Motivation-based message appeals and incidental emotions have the potential to encourage COVID-19 vaccination, especially when the motivation components of the two...
Motivation-based message appeals and incidental emotions have the potential to encourage COVID-19 vaccination, especially when the motivation components of the two agree. Risk perception may also interact with self vs. other-oriented message appeals. Results from a 2 (message appeal) × 4 (incidental emotion) online experiment ( = 306) indicate that when exposed to an altruistic message, those who experienced self-transcendent emotions reported higher COVID vaccination intention than those amused or not induced with emotions. This effect, however, was not identified in the egoistic message condition. Risk perception was positively associated with self-vaccination intention but did not interact with message appeals. The main effect of risk perception and interaction effects between incidental emotions and message appeals provide important implications for addressing vaccine hesitancy and increasing vaccine uptake.
Topics: Humans; Motivation; COVID-19 Vaccines; Persuasive Communication; COVID-19; Emotions; Communication; Intention; Vaccination; Perception
PubMed: 35067103
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2028481 -
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences Jul 2023De Neys makes some useful points regarding dual-process models, but his critique ignores highly relevant theories of judgment from the persuasion literature. These...
De Neys makes some useful points regarding dual-process models, but his critique ignores highly relevant theories of judgment from the persuasion literature. These persuasion models predate and often circumvent many of the criticisms he makes of the dual-process approaches he covers. Furthermore, the persuasion models anticipated some of the correctives to dual-process models that he proposes.
Topics: Male; Humans; Judgment; Persuasive Communication
PubMed: 37462185
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X2200293X -
Communication & Sport Aug 2023Overweight is one of the major health-related challenges in industrialized countries and mostly preventable through a healthy diet and regular engagement in physical...
A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Parasocial Relationships and Breakups With Characters of a Health-Related TV Show on Self-Efficacy and Exercise Behavior: The Case of The Biggest Loser.
Overweight is one of the major health-related challenges in industrialized countries and mostly preventable through a healthy diet and regular engagement in physical activity. Health communication practitioners and researchers, therefore, started using the media's persuasive potential by creating entertainment-education (E-E) programs that promote healthy nutrition and exercise. By observing the characters in E-E programs, audience members can learn vicariously and eventually develop personal bonds with them. The current study investigates the effects of parasocial relationships (PSRs) with characters of a health-related E-E show, as well as the impact of parasocial breakups (PSBUs) on health-relevant outcomes. Using the setting of the show The Biggest Loser (TBL), we conducted a quasi-experimental longitudinal field study. Participants ( = 149) watched shortened episodes of the show once a week for 5 weeks. Results showed that PSRs with the reality TV characters did not increase over time and after repeated exposure. Findings furthermore suggest that PSR did not influence self-efficacy perceptions or exercise behavior over time. Parasocial breakup distress intensity was neither related to self-efficacy nor to exercise behavior. Interpretations of these findings and implications for better understanding the effects of PSRs and PSBUs are discussed.
PubMed: 37426744
DOI: 10.1177/21674795211045039 -
Journal of Health Communication Apr 2024Guided by the eudaimonic media and the health persuasion literature, the current study explores how meaningful emotions elicited from entertainment media exposure...
Guided by the eudaimonic media and the health persuasion literature, the current study explores how meaningful emotions elicited from entertainment media exposure decreases anti-vaccination attitudes among vaccine-hesitant individuals. Results of a between-subjects experiment ( = 409) showed that participants who viewed meaningful music videos (vs. neutral videos) and vaccination messages embedded in the user-generated comments reported more empathy, less reactance, and less anti-vaccination attitudes. Multigroup analysis revealed that this association was held for participants who were hesitant about whether they would get fully vaccinated, but not for participants who were determined to not get vaccinated. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.
Topics: Humans; Male; Female; Health Communication; Young Adult; Mass Media; Vaccination Hesitancy; Adult; Persuasive Communication; Vaccination; Music; Adolescent
PubMed: 38590184
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2024.2339229 -
International Journal of Environmental... Jul 2023While CBT is an effective treatment for depression, uptake can be low. This is largely due to attitudinal barriers. Accordingly, the goals of the current investigation... (Randomized Controlled Trial)
Randomized Controlled Trial
While CBT is an effective treatment for depression, uptake can be low. This is largely due to attitudinal barriers. Accordingly, the goals of the current investigation were to (a) tailor and develop persuasive psychoeducational materials to match dominant cultural beliefs about the causes of depression and (b) examine the effectiveness of tailored CBT descriptions in improving CBT perceptions. We examined the believability of CBT mechanisms by invoking commonly endorsed etiological models of depression and investigated whether tailoring CBT descriptions to match etiological beliefs about depression influences perceptions of CBT. Participants were recruited using TurkPrime. In Study 1, participants ( = 425) read a CBT description that was generic or framed to match an etiological model of depression (biological, stress/environmental, or relationship/interpersonal). The participants indicated believability of each model as adopted by CBT. In study 2, the participants ( = 449) selected what they believed was the most important cause of depression. Subsequently, the participants were randomised to receive either a CBT description tailored to their endorsed model or a generic CBT description, and they provided ratings for CBT's acceptability, credibility, and expectancy. In Study 1, the believability of biological CBT mechanisms was low across conditions, but participants reported greater believability when receiving a biological description than when receiving other mechanistic descriptions. Participants who received the stress- and relationship-focused descriptions did not rate the respective models as more believable than those who received a generic description. In study 2, there were no differences in the perceptions of acceptability, credibility and expectancy between participants who received a tailored description and those who received a generic description. Our findings suggest that CBT is believed to be a psychologically appropriate treatment; however, the believability of biological mechanisms is improved by presenting a biology-focused description.
Topics: Humans; Depression; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Treatment Outcome; Drugs, Generic
PubMed: 37510563
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20146330 -
Health Psychology : Official Journal of... Mar 2024This research tests whether people use more emotion-based language when communicating with one another about unhealthy foods than healthy foods. This matters because...
OBJECTIVE
This research tests whether people use more emotion-based language when communicating with one another about unhealthy foods than healthy foods. This matters because emotion-based language is more persuasive.
METHOD
In three observational studies, we analyzed the emotionality in 1,000 online recipe descriptions, 4,403 food reviews, and 1,184 celebrity social media posts. In two experiments ( = 398), we analyzed the emotionality when people are prompted to persuade someone to consume an unhealthy food compared with a healthy food. In one experiment ( = 192), we tested persuasiveness as a function of emotionality.
RESULTS
Speakers use more emotionality when communicating about less healthy foods. People's tendency to focus more on long-term benefits when communicating about healthy (vs. unhealthy) foods mediated the effect of food type on emotionality. Emotionality, in turn, increases persuasiveness for healthy foods.
CONCLUSIONS
People use emotionality in communicating about unhealthy (vs. healthy) foods. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
Topics: Humans; Food; Food Preferences; Language; Emotions; Persuasive Communication
PubMed: 37856374
DOI: 10.1037/hea0001327 -
Applied Psychology. Health and... May 2024We tested whether a didactic and a narrative video (i.e. educational content and personal stories versus irrelevant information) could boost colorectal cancer (CRC)...
We tested whether a didactic and a narrative video (i.e. educational content and personal stories versus irrelevant information) could boost colorectal cancer (CRC) screening intention directly and through cognitive predictors of CRC screening behavior. We also tested whether exposure to a story changed participants' affective forecasting, reducing the perception of negative emotions associated with CRC screening (disgust, embarrassment, and fear). The study was conducted online with a between-participants design and recruiting a convenience sample (N = 375). We found that, compared with watching the control video, being exposed to the narrative video about CRC screening was indirectly associated with greater screening intention via vicarious experience and positive attitudes, whereas watching the didactic video was positively associated with CRC screening intention only among participants who had received an invitation letter but did not get screened, and among those yet to receive an invitation to screen. In the latter group, screening intention was boosted through positive attitudes. Our findings do not confirm that stories change affective forecasting, but narration likely fosters messages acceptance through vicarious experience. We also found support for the effectiveness of physicians' recommendations in promoting CRC screening, an intervention that might be effectively administered through a generalized, cost-effective video.
Topics: Humans; Colorectal Neoplasms; Female; Male; Persuasive Communication; Middle Aged; Early Detection of Cancer; Aged; Intention; Narration; Health Promotion; Adult; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
PubMed: 37840199
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12501 -
Emotion (Washington, D.C.) Sep 2023Emotional displays of politicians can be persuasive. According to prominent psychological theories, we can easily "catch" the emotional displays of others through...
Emotional displays of politicians can be persuasive. According to prominent psychological theories, we can easily "catch" the emotional displays of others through mimicry and emotional contagion. Do these processes work for politicians too, or is it conditional on what voters think of the politician making the display? In a preregistered within-subjects laboratory experiment, participants observed images of neutral and manipulated emotional displays of politicians. We measured emotional mimicry (facial electromyography) and emotional contagion (self-reports). We do not find evidence for the matched motor hypothesis. Our findings are in line with the emotional mimicry in social context model. Namely, we find that the happy displays of in-party politicians elicit congruent facial activity (a positive facial index). Furthermore, the displays of the out-party politicians do not elicit mimicry, but instead our findings suggest a reactive response: Participants smiled in response to angry out-party politicians. The self-reported emotions indicated a small effect of emotional contagion. Taken together, our study provides insights in how voters are emotionally affected by politicians' emotional displays and highlights that our polarized prior beliefs color our emotional responses to politics. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
Topics: Humans; Emotions; Happiness; Anger; Facial Expression; Smiling; Electromyography
PubMed: 36395022
DOI: 10.1037/emo0001172 -
Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland) Nov 2023Enhancing public awareness for epidemic prevention is crucial for safeguarding public health. This experimental study investigated the effectiveness of a combined...
Enhancing public awareness for epidemic prevention is crucial for safeguarding public health. This experimental study investigated the effectiveness of a combined approach involving three persuasive elements in public health advertising. Specifically, the study examined the interplay between emotional appeals (fear messages versus efficacy messages) and spokesperson type on the public's response to health announcements. The results demonstrated that fear messages were more persuasive when conveyed by real human spokespersons (versus animated spokespersons), whereas efficacy messages were more acceptable when conveyed by animated spokespersons (versus real humans). Furthermore, the study revealed that the impact of emotional appeals and spokesperson type is moderated by benefit appeals (self-benefit or other-benefit). The joint effects of these persuasive variables on individuals' intention to adopt preventive measures indicated that the interactions significantly differed across the two types of benefit appeal. Taken together, the findings represent a pioneering contribution to the field of health communication by comparing the persuasive effects of different combinations of emotional appeals, spokesperson types, and benefit appeals on public behavior. These findings offer practical guidance for public communicators to design more appropriate health advertisements based on the results of this study, thereby enhancing public acceptance of disease prevention measures.
PubMed: 37998664
DOI: 10.3390/bs13110917