Impact of Identity on Support for New Roles in Health Care
A Language Inquiry of Doctors’ Commentary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2350540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Setchell (0000-0002-1946-4492, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), Lori E Leach (The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), Lori Leach (The University of Queensland), Bernadette M Watson (0000-0003-2419-7752, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), David G Hewett (0000-0002-4529-3543, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 672-686 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-927X • E-ISSN: 1552-6526 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0261927x15586793 |
| OpenAlex | W2209196113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 26 |
Identity threat can be understood from a social identity perspective where people interrelate based on group memberships. Language use may indicate the presence of identity threat. We explored reactions of doctors to planned expanded roles for nurses to perform gastrointestinal endoscopy in Australia. Specialist doctors have traditionally performed endoscopic procedures, yet the level of doctor support for nurse endoscopy is relatively unknown. We present results of our valence and discourse analyses of text box responses in a national survey that explored doctors' attitudes toward this role expansion. We found low levels of support for the role, and frequent expression of identity threat in three main areas: (1) framing nurses as incompetent, (2) use of contracted statements to evoke authority, and (3) emotive expression. Findings indicated that stakeholders should consider intergroup attitudes when facilitating changes in health professional scope of practice
Emotive · Health care · Political science · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Medicine · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes
Communication in Medical Records
Qualitative Data from a Postal Questionnaire
The significance of the social identity concept for social psychology with reference to individualism, interactionism and social influence
Intergroup Bias
Selling patients and other metaphors
How and where clinicians exercise power
Intergroup communication between hospital doctors
The Preference for Self-Correction in the Organization of Repair in Conversation
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |