NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR IN CLINICIAN PATIENT INTERACTION

Citation
Ja. Hall et al., NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR IN CLINICIAN PATIENT INTERACTION, Applied & preventive psychology, 4(1), 1995, pp. 21-37
Citations number
175
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical","Psychology, Applied
ISSN journal
09621849
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
21 - 37
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-1849(1995)4:1<21:NBICPI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Empirical studies on nonverbal communication in clinician-patient inte raction are reviewed for both the psychotherapeutic and medical settin gs. Nonverbal behavior is considered both as the consequence of antece dent variables, such as individual or relationship characteristics, an d as a predictor of clinical effectiveness and patient outcomes. The c oncept of rapport is considered in relation to nonverbal behavior, bot h theoretically and empirically. Also, the relevance of a patient's no nverbal behavior to the diagnostic goals of the clinical visit is demo nstrated by research on nonverbal cues to psychopathology, Type A/B pe rsonality, and pain. Although the topic of nonverbal behavior and clin ician-patient interaction has had a promising start, much research is still needed, especially that which experimentally manipulates either antecedent variables or nonverbal behavior itself to demonstrate cause and effect relations.