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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

M. Robin DiMatteo is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the health professions and medicine, with particular attention to subfields such as general health professions, organizational behavior and human resource management, family practice, infectious diseases, and speech and hearing.

The scientist's main topics of work include patient-provider communication in healthcare, healthcare systems and technology, patient satisfaction in healthcare, medication adherence and compliance, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, and primary care and health outcomes.

DiMatteo has published several recent papers, notably:

  • Physician-Patient Communication, 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology
  • Adherence to Behavioral and Medical Regimens, 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology
  • Impoverished diabetic patients whose doctors facilitate their participation in medical decision making are more satisfied with their care, 2020, UNC Libraries

The scientist frequently collaborates with multiple coauthors, including Tricia A. Miller, Summer L. Williams, Carol E. Golin, Naihua Duan, and Barbara Leake. Tricia A. Miller appears as a coauthor on multiple occasions.

DiMatteo's work has appeared most often in "The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology" and "UNC Libraries."

In 1998, M. Robin DiMatteo was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Depression is a risk factor for noncompliance with medical treatment: meta-analysis of the effects of anxiety and depression on patient adherence.

    M. Robin DiMatteo;Heidi S. Lepper;Thomas W. Croghan

  • Physician Communication and Patient Adherence to Treatment: A Meta-analysis

    Kelly B. Haskard Zolnierek;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Variations in patients' adherence to medical recommendations: A quantitative review of 50 years of research

    M Robin DiMatteo

  • Social support and patient adherence to medical treatment: a meta-analysis.

    M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Meta-Analysis: Recent Developments in Quantitative Methods for Literature Reviews

    R. Rosenthal;M. R. DiMatteo

  • Patient Adherence and Medical Treatment Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis

    M Robin DiMatteo;Patrick J Giordani;Heidi S Lepper;Thomas W Croghan

  • The challenge of patient adherence

    Leslie R Martin;Summer L Williams;Kelly B Haskard;M Robin Dimatteo

  • A short-form measure of loneliness.

    R D Hays;M R DiMatteo

  • Physicians' characteristics influence patients' adherence to medical treatment: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

    M. Robin DiMatteo;Cathy Donald Sherbourne;Ron D. Hays;Lynn Ordway

  • Antecedents of adherence to medical recommendations: results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

    C D Sherbourne;R D Hays;L Ordway;M R DiMatteo

  • What are the differences between happiness and self-esteem?

    Sonja Lyubomirsky;Chris Tkach;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Understanding and Assessing Nonverbal Expressiveness: The Affective Communication Test.

    Howard S. Friedman;Louise M. Prince;Ronald E. Riggio;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Health beliefs, disease severity, and patient adherence: a meta-analysis.

    M Robin DiMatteo;Kelly B. Haskard;Summer L. Williams

  • Importance of family/social support and impact on adherence to diabetic therapy.

    Tricia A Miller;M Robin DiMatteo

  • Improving the measurement of self-reported medication nonadherence: Response to Authors

    Donald E. Morisky;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions (PEPPI): Validation of an Instrument in Older Persons

    Rose C. Maly;Janet C. Frank;Grant N. Marshall;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Achieving patient compliance : the psychology of the medical practitioner's role

    M. Robin DiMatteo;D. Dante (David Dante) DiNicola

  • Improving patient adherence: a three-factor model to guide practice

    M. Robin DiMatteo;Kelly B. Haskard-Zolnierek;Leslie R. Martin

  • Predicting Patient Satisfaction from Physicians’ Nonverbal Communication Skills

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  • The significance of patients' perceptions of physician conduct: a study of patient satisfaction in a family practice center

    M. Robin DiMatteo;Ron Hays

  • Preferences for medical collaboration: patient-physician congruence and patient outcomes.

    Kristina H. Jahng;Leslie R. Martin;Carol E. Golin;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Depression Treatment Enhances Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: a Meta-Analysis

    Nancy L. Sin;Nancy L. Sin;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • The role of effective communication with children and their families in fostering adherence to pediatric regimens

    M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Validity of self-reports of alcohol and other drug use: a multitrait-multimethod assessment.

    Alan W. Stacy;Keith F. Widaman;Ron Hays;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Physician Communication and Patient Adherence to Treatment

    Kelly B. Haskard Zolnierek;M. Robin DiMatteo

  • Social psychology and behavioral medicine: edited by J. Richard Eiser. Wiley, New York, 1982. 588 pp. £19.95

    M.Robin DiMatteo

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard S. Friedman
Howard S. Friedman University of California, Riverside
Carol E. Golin
Carol E. Golin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grant N. Marshall
Grant N. Marshall RAND Corporation
Alan W. Stacy
Alan W. Stacy Claremont Graduate University
William J. McCarthy
William J. McCarthy University of California, Los Angeles
Robert Rosenthal
Robert Rosenthal University of California, Riverside
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside
Mark G. Haviland
Mark G. Haviland Loma Linda University
Judith A. Hall
Judith A. Hall Northeastern University
Patricia A. Ganz
Patricia A. Ganz University of California, Los Angeles

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