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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: Health Commun. 2013 Oct 18;29(6):563–573. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2013.783773

Table 2.

Accommodation Categories by NAAS Behavior

Convergence Non-Convergence
Joint Convergence Asymmetrical-Physician
Convergence
Asymmetrical-Patient
Convergence
Joint Maintenance Joint Divergence Asymmetrical-Physician
Divergence
Asymmetrical-Patient
Divergence
Paraverbal
Talk Time (n=45) 26 (57.8%) 2 (4.4%) 4 (8.9%) 0 (0%) 11 (24.4%) 1 (2.2%) 1 (2.2%)
Pause (n=42) 15 (35.7%) 9 (21.4%) 12 (28.6%) 1 (2.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (2.4%) 4 (9.5%)
Simultaneous Speech (n=40) 11 (27.5%) 14 (35%) 8 (20%) 0 (0%) 3 (7.5%) 2 (5%) 2 (5%)
Speech Rate (n=44) 8 (18.2%) 4 (9.1%) 24 (54.5%) 0 (0%) 6 (13.6%) 1 (2.3%) 1 (2.3%)
Interruption (n=33) 13 (39.4%) 7 (21.2%) 4 (12.1%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 2 (6.1%) 5 (15.2%)
Non-Verbal
Smiling (n=22) 1 (4.5%) 10 (45.5%) 7 (31.8%) 1 (4.5%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (13.6%)
Laughing (n=14) 2 (14.3%) 2 (14.3%) 6 (42.9%) 3 (21.4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (7.1%)
Gesturing (n=43) 14 (32.6%) 8 (18.6%) 18 (41.9%) 0 (0%) 1 (2.3%) 1 (2.3%) 1 (2.3%)
Nodding (n=43) 9 (20.9%) 18 (41.9%) 6 (14%) 1 (2.3%) 5 (11.6%) 3 (7%) 1 (2.3%)
Eye Contact (n=42) 11 (26.2%) 9 (21.4%) 19 (45.2%) 0 (0%) 3 (7.1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Total 110 (29.9%) 83 (22.6%) 108 (29.3%) 7 (1.9%) 30 (8.2%) 11 (2.9%) 19 (5.2%)