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46562
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795
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502

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Judith A. Hall is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Psychology, with particular emphasis on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology, General Health Professions, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research focuses on a range of topics including Empathy and Medical Education, Innovations in Medical Education, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Media Influence and Health, Behavioral Health and Interventions, and the Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment.

Hall has published multiple papers in well-known academic journals. Notable recent works include:

  • What is empathy? Oncology patient perspectives on empathic clinician behaviors (2021) in Cancer
  • How do laypeople define empathy? (2020) in The Journal of Social Psychology
  • What is clinical empathy? Perspectives of community members, university students, cancer patients, and physicians (2020) in Patient Education and Counseling

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Rachel Schwartz
  • Justin J. Sanders
  • Danielle Blanch-Hartigan
  • Fred Duong
  • Mollie A. Ruben

Hall's studies have appeared predominantly in venues such as Patient Education and Counseling, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Cancer, The Journal of Social Psychology, and Journal of Intelligence.

These publications reflect a focus on interdisciplinary approaches bridging psychology and medical education, especially involving empathy within healthcare settings and communication dynamics between patients and providers.

Throughout their career, Hall has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1984.

Best Publications

  • Nonverbal sex differences: Accuracy of communication and expressive style.

    Judith A. Hall

  • Doctors Talking with Patients/Patients Talking with Doctors: Improving Communication in Medical Visits

    JA Hall;Dl. Roter;Barbara Junghans

  • Gender Effects in Decoding Nonverbal Cues

    Judith A. Hall

  • Physician gender effects in medical communication: A meta-analytic review

    Debra L. Roter;Judith A. Hall;Yutaka Aoki

  • Gender and emotion.

    Leslie R. Brody;Judith A. Hall

  • Meta-analysis of correlates of provider behavior in medical encounters.

    Judith A. Hall;Debra L. Roter;Nancy R. Katz

  • Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Patient Compliance a Meta-Analysis

    Debra L. Roter;Judith A. Hall;Rolande Merisca;Beth Nordstrom

  • Patient sociodemographic characteristics as predictors of satisfaction with medical care : a meta-analysis

    Judith A. Hall;Michael C. Dornan;Michael C. Dornan

  • Nonverbal behavior and the vertical dimension of social relations: a meta-analysis.

    Judith A. Hall;Erik J. Coats;Lavonia Smith LeBeau

  • Nonverbal sex differences : communication accuracy and expressive style

    Judith A. Hall

  • Mini Meta-Analysis of Your Own Studies: Some Arguments on Why and a Primer on How

    Jin X. Goh;Judith A. Hall;Robert Rosenthal

  • Improving Physicians' Interviewing Skills and Reducing Patients' Emotional Distress: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Debra L. Roter;Judith A. Hall;David E. Kern;L. Randol Barker

  • What patients like about their medical care and how often they are asked: a meta-analysis of the satisfaction literature.

    Judith A. Hall;Michael C. Dornan

  • Meta-analysis of satisfaction with medical care: description of research domain and analysis of overall satisfaction levels.

    Judith A Hall;Michael C Dornan

  • Psychological androgyny: Theories, methods, and conclusions.

    Marylee C. Taylor;Judith A. Hall

  • Physician gender and patient-centered communication: a critical review of empirical research.

    Debra L. Roter;Judith A. Hall

  • Gender differences in judgments of multiple emotions from facial expressions.

    Judith A. Hall;David Matsumoto

  • Gender and emotion in context.

    Leslie R. Brody;Judith A. Hall

  • Relations between physicians’ behaviors and analogue patients’ satisfaction, recall, and impressions

    Debra L. Roter;Judith A. Hall;Nancy R. Katz

  • The expression of emotion through nonverbal behavior in medical visits. Mechanisms and outcomes.

    Debra L. Roter;Richard M. Frankel;Judith A. Hall;David Sluyter

  • Gender in medical encounters: an analysis of physician and patient communication in a primary care setting.

    Judith A. Hall;Julie T. Irish;Debra L. Roter;Carol M. Ehrlich

Frequent Co-Authors

Marianne Schmid Mast
Marianne Schmid Mast University of Lausanne
Robert Rosenthal
Robert Rosenthal University of California, Riverside
Tessa V. West
Tessa V. West New York University
Amy G. Halberstadt
Amy G. Halberstadt North Carolina State University
Miron Zuckerman
Miron Zuckerman University of Rochester
William Ickes
William Ickes The University of Texas at Arlington
Sara D. Hodges
Sara D. Hodges University of Oregon
Frank J. Bernieri
Frank J. Bernieri Oregon State University
Jessi L. Smith
Jessi L. Smith University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Gillian Rhodes
Gillian Rhodes University of Western Australia

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