Task and socioemotional behaviors of physicians: a test of reciprocity and social interaction theories in analogue physician–patient encounters

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 309 - 315
• Main Authors: Roberts, Carlos A, Aruguete, Mara S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2000; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Attitude of Health Personnel; Biological and medical sciences; Communication; Doctor-Patient communication; Doctor-patient relationship; Doctors; Educational Status; Emotions; Factors; Female; Health participants; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Patient Education as Topic; Patient Satisfaction; Patient self-disclosure; Patient trust; Patients; Physician patient relationships; Physician-patient communication Patient satisfaction Patient trust Recall Patient self-disclosure; Physician-Patient Relations; Physicians; Physician–patient communication; Practitioner Patient Relationship; Professional Consultation; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Recall; Reciprocity; Sensitivity and Specificity; Social Behavior; Social Interaction; Social psychology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioemotional aspects; Trust; Truth Disclosure; United States; United States; North America; America; Patient self-disclosure; Recall; Physician–patient communication; Patient satisfaction; Patient trust; Human; Evaluation; Social perception; Health staff; Reciprocity; Satisfaction; Physician; Patient; Self perception; Emotion emotionality; Social behavior; Physician patient relation; Social interaction; Public health

The purpose of the present study is to assess social interaction and reciprocity theories as explanations for patient responses to a physician in a medical consultation. Social interaction theory predicts that patients mostly recognize and react to socioemotional behavior of their physicians due to...