“Get the shot, now!” Disentangling content-related and social cues in physician–patient communication

We investigated how recipients disentangle social and content-related cues in physicians’ communication. We presented 53 students with four different statements by physicians concerning the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. In a 2 × 2 within-subject design, we manipulated politeness and the use of tech...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin Brummernhenrich, Regina Jucks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-03-01
Series:Health Psychology Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102919833057