Parental post-operative medication administration: investigating predictors of attitude
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Psychology, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Pillai, Rebecca R.E.
issued: 2009-07-13T20:01:53Z
issued: 2000
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was used as a theoretical framework to elucidate the roles of beliefs and attitudes in the parental management of paediatric post-surgical pain. In essence, the TPB states that beliefs predict attitude, attitude predicts intention and intention predicts behaviour. Over the past 25 years, researchers have used this model to examine the extent to which attitudes (mediated by intention) predict behaviour. The evidence indicates that parents with negative attitudes will tend to undermedicate their children. However, that is not enough. To improve the in-home management of children's post-operative pain, researchers and clinicians need to understand why some parents have negative attitudes towards pain medications. This thesis set out to determine if various factors, aside from beliefs, could reliably predict a parent's attitude toward administering pain medication to their child. Archival data from 236 parents who had a child undergoing day surgery at British Columbia's Children's Hospital were used. As anticipated by the TPB, it was found that the belief-based measure was a significant predictor of attitude. But contrary to expectations, variables relating to the parents' personal experiences with surgery were stronger predictors of attitude. These findings will aid in bridging the gap between the theory and practice of paediatric pain management.
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note: P A R E N T A L P O S T - O P E R A T I V E M E D I C A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N : I N V E S T I G A T I N G P R E D I C T O R S OF A T T I T U D E by R E B E C C A R. E . P I L L A I B . A . Honours, York University, 1996 A THESIS S U B M I T T E D IN P A R T I A L F U L F I L L M E N T OF T H E R E Q U I R E M E N T S F O R T H E D E G R E E OF M A S T E R OF A R T S in T H E F A C U L T Y OF G R A D U A T E STUDIES (Department of Psychology; Clinical Programme) We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A June 2000 © Rebecca Rita Elizabeth Pi l la i , 2000 In p r e s e n t i n g t h i s t h e s i s i n p a r t i a l f u l f i l m e n t of the requirements fo r an advanced degree at the U n i v e r s i t y of B r i t i s h Columbia, I agree t h a t t h e . L i b r a r y s h a l l make i t f r e e l y , a v a i l a b l e f or reference and study. I f u r t h e r agree that permission f o r extensive copying of t h i s t h e s i s f o r s c h o l a r l y purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by h i s or her rep r e s e n t a t i v e s . I t i s understood that copying or p u b l i c a t i o n of t h i s t h e s i s f o r f i n a n c i a l gain s h a l l not be a l l o w e d without my w r i t t e n permission. Department of Ps VC H O L 0 Gr Y The U n i v e r s i t y of B r i t i s h Columbia Vancouver, Canada Date £ E P T e - M & £ F * 1 2 ™ , 20oo 11 Abstract The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was used as a theoretical framework to elucidate the roles of beliefs and attitudes in the parental management of paediatric post-surgical pain. In essence, the T P B states that beliefs predict attitude, attitude predicts intention and intention predicts behaviour. Over the past 25 years, researchers have used this model to examine the extent to which attitudes (mediated by intention) predict behaviour. The evidence indicates that parents with negative attitudes wi l l …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2000-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0089525
language: eng
degree discipline: Psychology
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publisher: University of British Columbia
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10732