Therapists' communication styles and parents' global trust in the therapists: a comparison between Jewish and Bedouin parents
| Autor: | Aharon Galil, Hassy Lubetzky, Yaacov G. Bachner, Nurit Heiman, Sara Carmel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male Parents Physical Therapy Specialty Judaism media_common.quotation_subject Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Pilot Projects Interpersonal communication Trust behavioral disciplines and activities Professional-Family Relations Perception Communication styles Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Israel Child Qualitative Research media_common Cultural group selection Communication Barriers Cultural Diversity Arabs Health Care Surveys Jews Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Empathy Psychology Attitude to Health Clinical psychology Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association. 17(3) |
| ISSN: | 0898-5669 |
| Popis: | Purpose: This study was designed to examine the level of global trust in therapists for two groups of Israeli parents, Jews and Bedouin, and to assess which of three interpersonal communication styles significantly explain global trust in the therapists. Methods: A total of 193 parents of children ranging from six months to six years of age participated in this study. Parents’ perceptions regarding their communication with the center’s therapists were measured by 15 items clustered into three dimensions of communication: caring, collaboration, and interest. Results: Parents of both cultural groups expressed high levels of global trust in the center’s therapists. Jewish parents trusted their children’s therapists significantly more than their Bedouin counterparts and ranked the therapists’ caring and collaboration more highly. The communication style of caring was found to be the sole contributor to the variability in global trust. Conclusions: Effort should be undertaken to develop effective communication styles for the dimension of caring to increase therapists’ ability to promote global trust in their patients’ parents. (Pediatr Phys Ther 2005;17:173–179) Key words: professional-family relations, children with disabilities, trust, cross-cultural comparison, communication barriers, qualitative research, Israel |
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