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Campbell, Gemme M.
Seeking vs. Avoidance: How Young Adults Manage Uncertainty Regarding How the Affordable Care Act Impacts Them.
Degree: MA, Communication, 2016, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/156995 
► One of the first provisions to go into effect with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 allowed young…
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▼ One of the first provisions to go into effect with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 allowed young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 to remain on a parents’ insurance policy as a dependent, which led to an expansion in coverage for a group that formally held the least amount of coverage or no coverage. Although many young adults are aware that they can remain on a parents’ private insurance policy, many may not fully understand how provisions of the law uniquely impact them or its long–term impacts. This study utilized Uncertainty Management Theory to explore how young adults’ cognitive appraisals of uncertainty about how the ACA impacts them and their emotional responses to that uncertainty predict their information management behaviors. Additionally, this study goes further to investigate how young adults handle or evaluate information they find from a search and how it impacts their levels of uncertainty. Results of this study show that young adults uncertainty appraisals alone predict their information management behaviors, not emotional responses. Results also show that young adults reported having more information or certainty than they wanted after conducting an information search, suggesting they may feel overwhelmed by the amount of information available about the ACA.
Advisors/Committee Members: Street, Richard (advisor), Rauscher, Emily (committee member), Howard, Daniel (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Uncertainty Management Theory; Information Management; Affordable Care Act; Young Adults
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APA (6th Edition):
Campbell, G. M. (2016). Seeking vs. Avoidance: How Young Adults Manage Uncertainty Regarding How the Affordable Care Act Impacts Them. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/156995
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Campbell, Gemme M. “Seeking vs. Avoidance: How Young Adults Manage Uncertainty Regarding How the Affordable Care Act Impacts Them.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/156995.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Campbell, Gemme M. “Seeking vs. Avoidance: How Young Adults Manage Uncertainty Regarding How the Affordable Care Act Impacts Them.” 2016. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Campbell GM. Seeking vs. Avoidance: How Young Adults Manage Uncertainty Regarding How the Affordable Care Act Impacts Them. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/156995.
Council of Science Editors:
Campbell GM. Seeking vs. Avoidance: How Young Adults Manage Uncertainty Regarding How the Affordable Care Act Impacts Them. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/156995
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Smith, Kellie W.
The Communicative Ecology of Caregiver Burden and the Moderating Effects of Emotional Intelligence.
Degree: PhD, Communication, 2018, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173531
► This mixed-method exploratory study examines the communicative ecology of caregiving, which includes interpersonal, clinical, and family communication realms. It also examines whether the trait of…
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▼ This mixed-method exploratory study examines the communicative ecology of caregiving, which includes interpersonal, clinical, and family communication realms. It also examines whether the trait of emotional intelligence is linked to caregiver burden, and whether emotional intelligence influences the relationships among communication variables and caregiver burden. Three hundred and two respondents participated in this mixed methods study. Hierarchical regressions revealed that emotional intelligence, clinical communication self-efficacy, and disclosure of patient medical information with family members decreased caregiver burden, whereas increased ownership, privacy rules, interpersonal communication competence, and negative interactions with family members increased caregiver burden. Thematic analysis of the exploratory qualitative results revealed that caregivers identify with all three of the communicative environments – interpersonal, clinical, and family – as major challenges within the scope of their caregiver responsibilities.
Advisors/Committee Members: Street, Richard (advisor), Conrad, Charles (committee member), Rauscher, Emily (committee member), Gonzalez, Elsa (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Caregiver Burden; Caregiving; Disclosure; Emotional Intelligence; Privacy; Interpersonal Communication Competence; Social Support; Family Communication; Clinical Communication
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Smith, K. W. (2018). The Communicative Ecology of Caregiver Burden and the Moderating Effects of Emotional Intelligence. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173531
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Smith, Kellie W. “The Communicative Ecology of Caregiver Burden and the Moderating Effects of Emotional Intelligence.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173531.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Smith, Kellie W. “The Communicative Ecology of Caregiver Burden and the Moderating Effects of Emotional Intelligence.” 2018. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Smith KW. The Communicative Ecology of Caregiver Burden and the Moderating Effects of Emotional Intelligence. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173531.
Council of Science Editors:
Smith KW. The Communicative Ecology of Caregiver Burden and the Moderating Effects of Emotional Intelligence. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173531
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Freytag, Jennifer Jeanene.
Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning.
Degree: PhD, Communication, 2018, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524
► Using an ecological perspective, this dissertation focuses on personal and communicative factors affecting advance care planning. It situates and studies the process of advance care…
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▼ Using an ecological perspective, this dissertation focuses on personal and communicative factors affecting advance care planning. It situates and studies the process of advance care planning within three different contexts: an individual, cognitive context, the familial context, and the clinical context. Study One focused on beliefs and attitudes toward advance care planning using a survey that was completed by patients and their family member healthcare surrogates. The study found differing degrees of concordance for different measures of advance care planning preferences. Concordance ran from fair to good for measures of patient priorities and attitudes toward advance care planning, while concordance was low for decision-making preferences and goals. The study also found that patient perceptions of surrogate openness to talking about death predicts concordance across all but one measure. This finding provides a basis for arguing that interventions targeted exclusively at patients should also focus on surrogates. The study finally connects family communication environment types to concordance scores. Pluralistic family types, which value open communication and free thinking, are associated with improved concordance across two measures.
Study Two uses a qualitative approach to focus on the way family communication environment types can be used to classify family attitudes toward advance care planning conversation and decision-making. The analysis identifies important characteristics of these family communication environments that coordinate with the way patients and surrogates frame the problem of advance care planning, the way they discuss it, and the way they approach decision making in this context. Finally, Study Three uses a mixed-methods approach to analyze secondary data from patient-clinician interactions in a clinical setting, focusing on discursive strategies physicians and patients use during conversation about end-of-life care and decision-making strategies. It highlights a gulf between patients and physicians in terms of the advance care planning content they become more engaged in discussing. Based on ratings from outside observers, the study found that patients are more engaged when talking about surrogate decision-makers in detail, while physicians are more engaged when talking about advance care planning documents.
Advisors/Committee Members: Street , Richard L (advisor), Rauscher, Emily (committee member), Dague, Laura (committee member), Goidel, Kirby (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: advance care planning; family communication; clinical communication; family communication patterns; patient-physician interaction
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APA (6th Edition):
Freytag, J. J. (2018). Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Freytag, Jennifer Jeanene. “Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Freytag, Jennifer Jeanene. “Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning.” 2018. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Freytag JJ. Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524.
Council of Science Editors:
Freytag JJ. Three Studies of the Communication Ecology of Advance Care Planning. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173524
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Campbell, Gemme Morgan.
“The Diagnosis Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg”: Family Storytelling about Hereditary Cancer.
Degree: PhD, Communication, 2019, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/185027
► Advances in science and genomic medicine are leading to more discoveries of genetic variations associated with diseases, making family health history and genetic testing important…
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▼ Advances in science and genomic medicine are leading to more discoveries of genetic variations associated with diseases, making family health history and genetic testing important diagnostic tools for physicians. Family communication about the family’s health history can alert individuals to their risks and facilitate prevention; however, these conversations can be difficult due to the emotional nature of the family’s medical history. In families with a long history of hereditary cancer, individuals have often watched their close family members suffer or die, making the history of cancer for these families become highly integrated into the family’s identity. Further, when members engage in these difficult conversations about the family history of hereditary cancer, they are also confronting their own risks of developing cancer. Telling stories can help family members make sense of and cope with their difficult and meaningful health experiences. The primary goal of this study was to explore the content of family stories by examining how narrative framing may contribute to coping, perceptions of risk, and medical decision-making. The second goal of this study was to examine how the process of joint storytelling about hereditary cancer influences coping, perceptions of risk, and medical decision-making. This study recruited 42 family dyads with a prevalent family history of hereditary cancer to participate in a phone interview in which they jointly told their family story of hereditary cancer. In exploring the content of these family stories, prevalent frames arose including empowerment, contamination, laissez faire, and competing frames. Each frame gives insight into how families are coping, their perceptions of risk, and how they make medical decisions. Results examining the process of joint family storytelling found that families who were high in interactional sense-making behaviors such as engagement, turn-taking, perspective-taking, and coherence created family narratives that served as a reference point to help members exchange emotional support, share information about risk, and shape medical choices to better manage hereditary cancer risks. Findings from this study provide insight into how families with hereditary cancer make sense of their risks collectively and provides intervention points to help practitioners support patients as they communicate about hereditary cancer.
Advisors/Committee Members: Rauscher, Emily A (advisor), Street, Richard (committee member), Wolfe, Anna (committee member), Chen, Lei-Shih (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Family Communication; Health Communication; Storytelling; Genetics; Hereditary Cancer
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APA (6th Edition):
Campbell, G. M. (2019). “The Diagnosis Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg”: Family Storytelling about Hereditary Cancer. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/185027
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Campbell, Gemme Morgan. ““The Diagnosis Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg”: Family Storytelling about Hereditary Cancer.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed March 05, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/185027.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Campbell, Gemme Morgan. ““The Diagnosis Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg”: Family Storytelling about Hereditary Cancer.” 2019. Web. 05 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Campbell GM. “The Diagnosis Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg”: Family Storytelling about Hereditary Cancer. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 05].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/185027.
Council of Science Editors:
Campbell GM. “The Diagnosis Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg”: Family Storytelling about Hereditary Cancer. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/185027
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