Background Characteristics | Physician Discomfort/Bias | Physician Success | Positive Outcome Expectancies | Negative Outcome Expectancies | ||||
Specialty | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Internal Medicine | 1.77 (.58) | P = .085 | 2.74 (.58) | P = .512 | 2.49 (.49) | P < .001 | 2.75 (.63) | P < .001 |
   Pediatrics | 1.64 (.52) |  | 2.73 (.60) |  | 2.85 (.53) | Peds > IM, Psych | 2.90 (.61) | Psych < IM, Peds |
   Psychiatry | 1.87 (.65) |  | 2.65 (.56) |  | 2.53 (.52) |  | 2.38 (.55) |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Male | 1.78 (.58) | P = .869 | 2.70 (.56) | P = .894 | 2.49 (.53) | P = .007 | 2.68 (.62) | P = .197 |
   Female | 1.76 (.62) |  | 2.71 (.57) |  | 2.68 (.52) |  | 2.58 (.65) |  |