Social representations of “tinnitus” and “health” among individuals with tinnitus seeking online psychological interventions

dc.contributor.authorManchaiah, Vinaya
dc.contributor.authorChundu, Srikanth
dc.contributor.authorRatinaud, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorAndersson, Gerhard
dc.contributor.authorBeukes, Eldre W.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-09T04:56:05Z
dc.date.available2023-11-09T04:56:05Z
dc.date.issued2023-04
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in Figshare at http://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13681924 (accessed on 15 December 2022).en_US
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE : Social representations theory (SRT) is a body of theory within social psychology concerned with how individuals, groups, and communities collectively make sense of socially relevant or problematic issues, ideas, and practices. SRT has been increasingly sued in the area of health and disability. The current study examined the social representations of “tinnitus” and “health” among individuals with tinnitus who are seeking online psychological interventions. MATERIALS/METHOD : The data were gathered using a free association task about their “tinnitus” and “health” from 399 individuals with tinnitus. The data were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative analyses methods. RESULTS : The responses resulted in 39 and 30 categories respectively, for “tinnitus” and “health”. The most commonly occurring categories for tinnitus included: descriptions of tinnitus (18%), annoying (13.5%), persistent (8%), and distracting (5%). The most commonly occurring categories for health included: content (12%), conditions (8%), active (7%), take control (6%), and overweight (5%). The responses to tinnitus had predominantly negative connotations (i.e., 76.9%) whereas a larger proportion of responses toward their health was related to positive connotations (i.e., 46.4%). These frequently occurring items were also dominant in similarities analysis. Prototypical analysis of tinnitus responses identified categories horrible and bothersome to be key items in the central zone. The categories in central zone of health responses included: content, active, healthy, grateful, and overweight. CONCLUSIONS : Individuals with tinnitus have very negative view of their tinnitus impacting their psychological status. Tinnitus management should focus on reducing the negative associations toward their tinnitus and strengthen the positive aspects related to their general health.en_US
dc.description.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institute of Health (NIH).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/audiolresen_US
dc.identifier.citationManchaiah, V.; Chundu, S.; Ratinaud, P.; Andersson, G.; Beukes, E.W. Social Representations of “Tinnitus” and “Health” among Individuals with Tinnitus Seeking Online Psychological Interventions. Audiology Research 2023, 13, 207–220. https://doi.org/10.3390/audiolres13020020.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2039-4349 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/ audiolres13020020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/93214
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectTinnitusen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectSocial representationsen_US
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectFree associationen_US
dc.subjectSocial representations theory (SRT)en_US
dc.subjectSDG-03: Good health and well-beingen_US
dc.titleSocial representations of “tinnitus” and “health” among individuals with tinnitus seeking online psychological interventionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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