An examination of university students’ perceptions of physicians’ humor usage, source credibility, and fear of physician
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21577249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew C Ramsey (0000-0002-2403-1384, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-35 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Research Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0882-4096 • E-ISSN: 1746-4099 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08824096.2023.2292671 |
| OpenAlex | W4389506735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
The study examined university students’ (N = 237) ratings of their primary care physicians’ humor usage (identification and differentiation), credibility, and fear of physician. Participants reported physician identification humor to be a positive predictor of physician credibility and a negative predictor of fear of physician. Conversely, participants reported physician differentiation humor to be a negative predictor of physician credibility and a positive predictor of fear of physician. The study offers support for the continuum perspective of humor through empirical observations. Based on the study’s results, the author proposes recommendations for humor enactment in the physician-patient relationship
Credibility · Medical education · Perception · Source credibility · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Film in Education and Therapy · Humor Studies and Applications · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |