. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 27.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2015 Apr 7;20(6):680–686. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1012245

Table 1.

Daughter’s nonverbal communication.

Nonverbal Communication	N	Percentage
Looking directly at mother when speaking	24	92.3
Relaxed posture, slight forward lean	24	92.3
Body facing mother	25	96.2
Gestures for emphasis	10	38.5
Arms across chest^*	2	7.7
Calm, expressive facial movements	25	96.2
Frowning^*	2	7.7
Face rigid^*	1	3.8
Monotone^*	2	7.7
Fluid speech	25	96.2

Note.

Items were reverse coded