Danielle Catona

Biographic Data

ID352957
NAMEDanielle Catona
GIVEN NAMESDanielle
FAMILY NAMECatona
SIGNATURECATONA D
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Mason University
ORCID0000-0002-1270-3614
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • The Influence of Perceived Provider Empathic Communication on Disclosure Decision-Making

    Elizabeth Broadbridge, Kathryn Greene et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2024

    Provider empathy is a crucial component in establishing therapeutic provider–patient relationships. The benefits of increased perceptions of empathy can support patient psychological adjustment to their cancer as well as patients’ comfort and confidence in disclosing to providers, ultimately promoting patient engagement. Guided by the disclosure decision-making model, this manuscript explores how perceptions of empathy influence patient psycholog…

  • Dilemmas and Strategy When Companion Participation During Appointments Differs from Patient and Companion Expectations

    Maria K Venetis, Allyson C Bontempo et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2024

    Cancer patients often attend medical interactions with at least one companion. The degree to which companions participate varies, ranging from passive observer to active advocate. However, the structure of the medical interaction often promotes dyadic rather than triadic communication, creating ambiguity about to the degree to which companions can and should participate. Participants (N = 34, 16 dyads) included gynecologic cancer patients who wer…

  • Aligned and Divergent Perceptions of Support Persons' Role in Triadic Gynecologic Cancer Communication

    Open AccessLauren E Lee, Kathryn Greene et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2022References: 26

    Health care providers routinely advise cancer patients to involve support persons in oncology care to fulfill critical support roles. This qualitative descriptive study explored alignment of triadic perceptions of support person involvement in oncology treatment visits and cancer-related care from the perspectives of patients with gynecologic cancer ( n = 18), regular visit-attending support people ( n = 16), and health care providers ( n = 10), …

  • We Cannot Have any Negativity

    Open AccessAllyson C Bontempo, Kathryn Greene et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2022Cited by: 1References: 29

    This study aimed to elucidate whether gynecologic cancer patients and their support persons have certain expectancies for emotion and whether these expectancies, if they exist, affect cancer-related communication. Semi-structured interviews ( N = 34) were conducted separately with 18 patients and one of their support persons ( n = 16). Thematic analysis revealed a subset of patients and support persons expected patients to not have any negative e…

  • The Brief Disclosure Intervention (BDI)

    Open AccessKathryn Greene, Amanda Carpenter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Communication2013

    HIV+ African Americans face many challenges that may be addressed by increased social support. This manuscript presents the Brief Disclosure Intervention and explores strategies to tailor the intervention to facilitate disclosure, increase social support, and ameliorate health disparities among HIV+ African Americans. The disclosure decision-making model served as the theoretical framework. HIV+ African Americans (N = 43) in New Jersey participat…