Rationale: Although psychosocial mechanisms such as the relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions have been extensively studied, applications and a deeper understanding of these mechanisms remain scare within the European health care context, particularly regarding the promotion of diversity sensitive care and education.
Objective: The current study assesses how Flemish health care students’ diversity sensitive task perception was influenced by their ethnocentric attitudes and their cognitive intercultural capabilities. We also explored how their intentions were influenced by their ethnocentric attitudes, cognitive intercultural capabilities, and diversity sensitive task perception.
Method: The study includes data of 364 health care students that participated in an online survey at Ghent University. Furthermore, we utilized a situational judgement test to assess health care students’ intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways in a variety of intercultural situations that can occur in the health care context. The article discusses various multiple linear regression models.
Results: Ethnocentric attitudes negatively affect health care students’ moral judgement over the provision of diversity competent care (here referred to as: diversity sensitive task perception) and their overall intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways. Health care students’ motivational- and behavioural intercultural capabilities positively impact their diversity sensitive task perception. Health care students’ behavioural intercultural capabilities and their diversity sensitive task perception positively influence their intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways during various health-care related critical incidents.
Conclusions: Psychosocial mechanisms influence task perceptions and intents to provide diversity sensitive care. We encourage further exploration in European health care contexts. Education on diversity competent health care should address ethnic bias in the medical context and encourage a diversity sensitive task perception, motivational- and behavioural intercultural capabilities in students.
Rationale: Although psychosocial mechanisms such as the relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions have been extensively studied, applications and a deeper understanding of these mechanisms remain scare within the European health care context, particularly regarding the promotion of diversity sensitive care and education.
Objective: The current study assesses how Flemish health care students’ diversity sensitive task perception was influenced by their ethnocentric attitudes and their cognitive intercultural capabilities. We also explored how their intentions were influenced by their ethnocentric attitudes, cognitive intercultural capabilities, and diversity sensitive task perception.
Method: The study includes data of 364 health care students that participated in an online survey at Ghent University. Furthermore, we utilized a situational judgement test to assess health care students’ intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways in a variety of intercultural situations that can occur in the health care context. The article discusses various multiple linear regression models.
Results: Ethnocentric attitudes negatively affect health care students’ moral judgement over the provision of diversity competent care (here referred to as: diversity sensitive task perception) and their overall intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways. Health care students’ motivational- and behavioural intercultural capabilities positively impact their diversity sensitive task perception. Health care students’ behavioural intercultural capabilities and their diversity sensitive task perception positively influence their intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways during various health-care related critical incidents.
Conclusions: Psychosocial mechanisms influence task perceptions and intents to provide diversity sensitive care. We encourage further exploration in European health care contexts. Education on diversity competent health care should address ethnic bias in the medical context and encourage a diversity sensitive task perception, motivational- and behavioural intercultural capabilities in students.
Rationale: Although psychosocial mechanisms such as the relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions have been extensively studied, applications and a deeper understanding of these mechanisms remain scare within the European health care context, particularly regarding the promotion of diversity sensitive care and education.
Objective: The current study assesses how Flemish health care students’ diversity sensitive task perception was influenced by their ethnocentric attitudes and their cognitive intercultural capabilities. We also explored how their intentions were influenced by their ethnocentric attitudes, cognitive intercultural capabilities, and diversity sensitive task perception.
Method: The study includes data of 364 health care students that participated in an online survey at Ghent University. Furthermore, we utilized a situational judgement test to assess health care students’ intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways in a variety of intercultural situations that can occur in the health care context. The article discusses various multiple linear regression models.
Results: Ethnocentric attitudes negatively affect health care students’ moral judgement over the provision of diversity competent care (here referred to as: diversity sensitive task perception) and their overall intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways. Health care students’ motivational- and behavioural intercultural capabilities positively impact their diversity sensitive task perception. Health care students’ behavioural intercultural capabilities and their diversity sensitive task perception positively influence their intentions to act in diversity sensitive ways during various health-care related critical incidents.
Conclusions: Psychosocial mechanisms influence task perceptions and intents to provide diversity sensitive care. We encourage further exploration in European health care contexts. Education on diversity competent health care should address ethnic bias in the medical context and encourage a diversity sensitive task perception, motivational- and behavioural intercultural capabilities in students.
Keywords
cultural sensitivity
diversity competent care
diversity sensitive task perception
situational judgement test
