Need for Cognition and Irrational Beliefs

Mahoney, John M.; Kaufman, Douglas

doi:10.2466/pr0.1997.81.2.685

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“…High NFC subjects have been found to be more focused, and to have more highly developed thought processes during information processing (Levin et al 2000). High NFC subjects undertake more effective self-evaluation than low NFC individuals (Mahoney and Kaufman 1997), and so critically evaluate potential strategies before making a decision.…”

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Cognitive elements in clinical decision-making

Dunphy

Cantwell

Bourke

et al. 2009

Adv in Health Sci Educ

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Physician cognition, metacognition and affect may have an impact upon the quality of clinical reasoning. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between measures of physician metacognition and affect and patient outcomes in obstetric practice. Reflective coping (RC), proactive coping, need for cognition (NFC), tolerance for ambiguity, state-trait anxiety and metacognitive awareness were assessed for obstetricians (n = 12) who provided intra-partum care to 4,149 women. Outcome measures included delivery mode and intrapartum asphyxia. Analysis was carried out using logistic regression and tree-based classification. Obstetricians with high RC scores were more likely to perform a caesarean section (OR 1.59, p < 0.0001), less likely undertake a mid-forceps or low forceps delivery (OR 0.41, p < 0.0001; OR 0.49, p < 0.0001), and more likely to supervise a spontaneous vaginal delivery (OR 1.17, p = 0.08). Obstetricians with high NFC scores were more likely to perform a caesarean section (OR 1.53, p = 0.03), more likely to undertake a vacuum delivery (OR 5.8, p = 0.001), less likely undertake a mid-forceps delivery (OR 0.45, p = 0.02) and less likely to supervise a spontaneous vaginal delivery (OR 0.47, p < 0.0001). Obstetricians high in trait anxiety were more likely to perform a mid forceps delivery (OR 2.49, p = 0.01) or a vacuum delivery (OR 5.08, p = 0.003), and less likely to supervise a spontaneous vaginal delivery (OR 0.38, p < 0.0001). NFC was negatively associated (OR 0.10, p < 0.001) and trait anxiety was positively associated with intrapartum asphyxia (p < 0.05, rho = 0.582). In summary, physician cognitive processes and affect have a significant impact on patient outcomes, particularly in situations where there is a higher level of clinical unpredictability.

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Cognitive elements in clinical decision-making

Dunphy

Cantwell

Bourke

et al. 2009

Adv in Health Sci Educ

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The Academic Rational Beliefs Scale: Development, Validation, and Implications for College Counselors

Egan

Canale

Rosario

et al. 2007

J of College Counseling

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This study reports on a new instrument, the Academic Rational Beliefs Scale, designed to measure college students' academic beliefs along a rational-irrational continuum. The new instrument is potentially useful when working with students experiencing academic difficulties. Information about test construction, reliability, validity, and generalizability are presented and implications, benefits, and cautions associated with use of the instrument as a college counseling tool are discussed.

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Psychological Dispositions, Political Orientations, and a Theoretical Framework of Ideological Differences in Attitudinal Hypocrisy

Collins

2017

Hypocrisy in American Political Attitudes

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Need for Cognition and Irrational Beliefs

Cited by 4 publications

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Cognitive elements in clinical decision-making

Cognitive elements in clinical decision-making

The Academic Rational Beliefs Scale: Development, Validation, and Implications for College Counselors

Psychological Dispositions, Political Orientations, and a Theoretical Framework of Ideological Differences in Attitudinal Hypocrisy

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