However, this relationship was
just barely significant. Perceived efficacy in patient-physician
interaction was the one predictor that was most consistently
related to all areas of communication. As expected, persons
with greater communication self-efficacy also had higher
expectations of patient-physician communication. Overall,
between 8.2% and 18.6% of the variance in communicationpreferences was explained. The most variance was explained
for the preference for a patient-centered communication style
and the least for the preference for communication about
personal circumstances. In line with the low explained variance
are the low bivariate correlations between predictors
and communication preferences (Table 3). The maximum
correlation was r=0.183.