Olivia is interested in the effect of the quality of physician-patient communication on patient adherence. She discovers that physicians who communicate warmth and empathy to patients have more adherent patients than physicians who communicate without warmth and empathy. Further, when patients are treated with warmth and empathy by their physicians, they gain optimism about the efficacy of the recommended treatment, which increases their adherence levels. In this study, optimism is a(n):
a. confound
b. moderator
c. third variable
d. artifact
e. mediator
Answer: e. mediator
Psychology
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What will be an ideal response?
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