Table 5.
Multi-level analysis of Genetic Counselors’ cognitive and emotional facilitation and expressions of patient and companion cognitive and emotional processing of risk information.
LIWC word categories | GC Cognitive Facilitation | GC Emotional Facilitation | ||
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unadjusted coefficient (SE) | adjusted coefficient (SE)a | unadjusted coefficient (SE) | adjusted coefficient (SE)a | |
Patient | ||||
Cognitive expression | 5.1 (0.3)** | 4.6 (0.4)** | 8.2 (0.8)** | 3.8 (1.0)** |
Emotional expression | 1.3 (0.1)** | 1.1 (0.1)** | 2.3 (0.2)** | 0.9 (0.3)* |
Companion | ||||
Cognitive expression | 6.2 (0.4)** | 6.1 (0.4)** | 7.1 (0.8)** | 6.2 (0.9)** |
Emotional expression | 1.2 (0.1)** | 1.1 (0.2)** | 1.7 (0.2)** | 1.5 (0.2)** |
P<0.01;
P<0.001
Adjusted coefficient derived from models that controlled for patient and companion gender, patient-companion relationship, patient MMSE score, patient group (genotype nondisclosure, ε4 negative and ε4 positive groups), and total word count of the three speakers.