Table 2.

Main effects of nonverbal communication by the oncologist on trust and likelihood of recommending the oncologist (N = 68)

	Trust		Likelihood of recommending
	M (SD)	T (df, p)	M (SD)	T (df, p)
Eye contact
Consistent	3.53 (0.75)		3.28 (0.97)
Inconsistent	3.19 (0.76)	−1.76 (66, 0.08)	2.79 (0.98)	−1.94 (61, 0.06)
Body posture
Forward leaning	3.59 (0.77)		3.31 (0.96)
Varying	3.16 (0.72)	−2.39 (66, 0.02)	2.82 (0.98)	−2.00 (61, 0.05)
Smiling
Yes	3.52 (0.75)		3.24 (1.02)
No	3.29 (0.79)	−1.22 (61, 0.23)	2.97 (0.97)	−1.08 (61, 0.29)