Table 3.

Transition Probabilities of the Joint Frequency of Patient-Provider Communication Behaviors during Medical Encounters.

Provider’s (Given) behaviors	Patient’s (Target) behaviors
Provider’s (Given) behaviors	Change Talk (CT)	Commitment Language (CL)	Sustain Talk (ST)	HIV-Related (HIV)	Other Statements (O)
Affirmation	.28^*	.13	.06	.09	.45^†
Emphasize Autonomy	.15^*	.07	.11	.17	.50^†
General Information Positive	.11^*	.05	.04	.26^*	.55^†
General Information Negative	.08	.08	.14^*	.20^*	.51^†
Reflection of Change Talk	.43^*	.03	.08	.11	.35^†
Reflection of Commitment Language	.02	.29^*	.06	.06	.58^†
Reflection of Sustain Talk	.04	.06	.68^*	.02	19^†
Other Reflections	.01	.03	.01	.03	.92^*
Open Question to Elicit Change Talk	.58^*	.00	.16	.26^*	.00^†
Open Question to Elicit Commitment Language	.13	.63^*	.13	.13	.00^†
Open Question to Elicit Sustain Talk	.04	.12	.73^*	.04	.08^†
Open Question to Target Behavior Neutral	.13	.16	.18^*	.34^*	.18^†
Other Open Questions	.00^†	.01^†	.02	.02^†	.94^*
Closed Question to Elicit Change Talk	.67^*	.09	.15^*	.03	.06^†
Closed Question to Elicit Commitment Language	.04	.72^*	.17^*	.04	.03^†
Closed Question to Elicit Sustain Talk	.06	.17^*	.65^*	.04	.08^†
Closed Question to Target Behavior Neutral	.08	.19^*	.10	.51^*	.13^†
Other Closed Questions	.01^†	.00^†	.01^†	.01^†	.97^*
MI Inconsistent Strategies	.04	.10	.12	.16^*	.58^†
Other Statements	.02^†	.02^†	.02^†	.04^†	.90^*

Greater than chance, p<0.0005

^†

Less than chance, p<0.0005.