Table 4.
Correlations between counselors’ self-ratings and session communication
| Genetic Counselor Self-Ratings (n=157) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Literacy Measures | Visit Satisfaction | Informativeness | Interpersonal Rapport |
| REAL-G Measures | |||
| All REAL-G words | .00 | −.21* | −.11 |
| Unique REAL-G words | .20* | −.01 | .08 |
| Mean REAL-G repetitions | −.21* | −.20* | −.16+ |
| Ratio of REAL-G words to total transcript words | .10 | −.11 | .07 |
| Language Complexity | |||
| Average syllables per word | .04 | −.12 | .20* |
| Average words per sentence | −.06 | −.22* | −.08 |
| Flesch-Kincaid Reading Grade level | −.05 | −.30*** | .01 |
| Flesch Reading Ease | .01 | .28** | −.14 |
| % passive sentences | .06 | −.21* | .14 |
| Dialogue Pacing | |||
| Session length | −.06 | 0 | −.08 |
| Syllables/second | −.20* | −.12 | −.09 |
| Dialogue Density | |||
| Number of turns | −.03 | .01 | −.03 |
| Turn density | .04 | −.09 | .01 |
| Dialogue Interactivity | |||
| Interactivity (turns per minute) | −.07 | .02 | −.02 |
+
p < .10;
*
p< .05;
**
p< .01;
***
p<.001