Figure 6.

Scatter plots depicting the moderating effect of patients’ trait anxiety on the relationship between patients’ feelings of similarity and trust toward their clinicians and patients’ pain intensity ratings. Although statistical models tested moderation using a continuous measure of trait anxiety, for display purposes we have plotted data from participants with anxiety scores below and above the median trait anxiety score separately. Additionally, although statistical models reflect multilevel data, for illustration purposes a single point is plotted for each patient participant representing the difference between patients’ ratings of their two clinicians on the x-axis and the difference in patients’ average pain intensity ratings between their two clinicians on the y-axis. As patients’ trait anxiety increased they demonstrated a stronger relationship between their ratings of clinicians and their pain intensity. Shaded bands are standard error.