Date of Award
2022
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
This study will assess the relations between perceived experiences of discrimination within healthcare settings and connectedness, trust, and satisfaction with services in healthcare domains among African Americans. It will also examine if the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated this relationship. I predict that African Americans in the COVID-19 discrimination condition (versus the control condition) will report lower connectedness and trust with healthcare workers and lower satisfaction with healthcare services. I also predict that stigma consciousness will moderate this effect. For African Americans reporting lower levels of stigma consciousness, I expect there will be a negative relation between perceiving discrimination and connectedness, trust, and satisfaction with services in healthcare settings. In addition, for African Americans who are higher in stigma consciousness, these negative relations will be even stronger. That is, for African Americans who are lower in stigma consciousness, the more discrimination they perceive the less connected, trustful, and satisfied they will be with their healthcare services, although this effect will be weaker than for those high in stigma consciousness.
Recommended Citation
Richardson, Devon, "The Impact of Perceived Discrimination and Stigma Consciousness on Connectedness, Trust, and Satisfaction in Healthcare Domains During the Covid-19 Pandemic" (2022). Master's Theses. 4463.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/4463
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