This dissertation discusses and evaluates various cognitive measures to predict college students' intentions to either initiate a discussion about sex or lie about past sexual behaviors to a primary healthcare provider. The following chapters explore stigma, concerns of providers' judgments, and shame, as well as variables of the Protection Motivation Theory. Results suggest that self-efficacy to initiate a discussion or lie to a provider about sex is the strongest independent predictor of college students' behavioral intentions. The dissertation concludes with the limitations to the study and an overview of the future research aimed at improving application of the Protection Motivation Theory to provider-patient communication about sex. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Communication in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2011. / Date of Defense: May 11, 2011. / Std, Initiation, Honesty, College, Deception, Sex, Patient communication, Communication, Student, Lying / Includes bibliographical references. / Gary R. Heald, Professor Directing Dissertation; Thomas McCaleb, University Representative; Juliann Cortese, Committee Member; Mia Liza A. Lustria, Committee Member; Stephen McDowell, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168496 |
| Contributors | Smith, Scott Alan (authoraut), Heald, Gary R. (professor directing dissertation), McCaleb, Thomas (university representative), Cortese, Juliann (committee member), Lustria, Mia Liza A. (committee member), McDowell, Stephen (committee member), School of Communication (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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