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Confirmation and Disconfirmation in Nurse/Physician Communication.
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Garvin, Bonnie J.; Kennedy, Carol W. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1986
In an attempt to better understand the quality of interprofessional relationships, research used a confirmation/disconfirmation framework to analyze communication in nurse-physician dyads. Results indicated that nurses and physicians were primarily confirming in their interaction. (SRT)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Interaction, Interaction Process Analysis
The Immediate and Sustained Effects of Message Discrepancy on Attitude Change in a Field Setting
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Beatty, Michael; Springhorn, Ron G. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1977
Details an investigation designed to test the validity and endurance of message discrepancy-attitude change relationships in a field setting. (MH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavioral Science Research, Field Studies, Higher Education
Adjustment to the Nursing Home as a Social Interactional Accomplishment.
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Sigman, Stuart J. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1986
Argues that adjustment to nursing homes is influenced by peer group and staff-patient interaction. Concludes that both staff and residents place demands and expectations on newcomers' conduct, and staff define successful and unsuccessful adjustment so that patients are constrained in the range of socially acceptable behavior they are permitted to…
Descriptors: Attendants, Communication Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication