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Cipollina, Rebecca. Identity safety cues and comfort in racially discordant medical visits. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-8d49-p535

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TitleIdentity safety cues and comfort in racially discordant medical visits
NameCipollina, Rebecca (author); Sanchez, Diana T. (chair); Hoggard, Lori (internal member); Wilder, David (internal member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2020
Other Date2020-05 (degree)
SubjectIdentity safety cues, Psychology
Extent1 online resource (v, 48 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionWhile identity safety cues (i.e., cues that signal low contextual prejudice) have been shown to improve stigmatized group members comfort in varied potentially threatening contexts, little research has examined the influence of identity safety cues in medical contexts. Past research (Cipollina & Sanchez, in prep) suggests that Black and Latinx participants had anticipated a more positive interaction with a White medical provider when that provider’s brochure displayed racially diverse clientele. The current study used an experimental design to examine if cues of minority representation increase Black and Latinx undergraduate participants’ comfort and trust during a medical interaction with a White mock medical provider. Results of the present experiment (N =151) revealed no significant differences in comfort and trust with the confederate provider between participants who were exposed to a provider brochure with high or low levels of minority representation. Instead, all participants reported very high levels of comfort across experimental conditions. I suggest that identity safety cues related to representation can influence expectations of medical visits but may be overcome by other cues gathered during the medical visit. Future research should examine the influence of identity safety cues among participants with high levels of medical mistrust within more ecologically valid settings.
NoteM.S.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-8d49-p535
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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