Development and Validation of the Physician-Patient Humor Rating Scale

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1163-1173

  Haskard Zolnierek, Kelly B ^a   Dimatteo, M Robin ^b   Mondala, Melissa M ^b   Zhang, Zhou ^b   Martin, Leslie R ^c   Messiha, Andrew H ^d  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Humor; Physician patient communication; Rating scale DYADIC communication in physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 70449434127     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309342288     Document Type: Article

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