Table 3.
Operating room ethogram categories
| Behavioral category | Definitiona |
|---|---|
| Confrontational | Confrontational, aggressive, or insulting behavior |
| Submissive | Non-confrontational, submissive or appeasing responses to confrontational behavior |
| Protesting | Non-submissive reactions to confrontational or aggressive behavior |
| Playful | Playful, happy interaction |
| Mudslinging | Negative verbal behavior about third parties that indicates conflict or may lead to conflict |
| Friendly | Outgoing, affiliative behavior that is not as casual as “Playful Behavior” |
| Supportive/teambuilding | Behavior that is generally affiliative and helps the team to function as a team |
| Disintegrating | Behavior that threatens the functioning of the team |
| Courtship | Interactions of a flirtatious, sexual, or romantic nature |
| Reaction to courtship | Acceptance level of the above courtship behavior |
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For the precise content, see the full ethogram in Table 4