Contents of It's not All in Your Head by Asmundson and Taylor
Contents of It's not All in Your Head by Asmundson and Taylor
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coded the entire data set. There were six discrepancies. The survey data was downloaded<br />
<strong>and</strong> entered <strong>in</strong>to SPSS Release 16.0. Inter-coder reliability was analyzed us<strong>in</strong>g Cohen‘s<br />
kappa (κ; Cohen, 1960). The kappa value for the open ended questions was κ = .88, p =<br />
.000. This kappa value is considered ―excellent‖ (κ ≥ 0.80 approach<strong>in</strong>g 0.90; Hruschka et<br />
al., 2004; Miles & Huberman, 1994).<br />
3.2.3. Results<br />
Participants <strong>in</strong> the SHB group reported that what they liked the most about the<br />
program was learn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> chang<strong>in</strong>g their th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g, the positive <strong>in</strong>teraction with research<br />
staff, changes <strong>in</strong> their behaviour, hav<strong>in</strong>g a beneficial experience, <strong>and</strong> that the work was<br />
manageable. What they liked the least was the time constra<strong>in</strong>t <strong>of</strong> 8 weeks for the<br />
program, the lack <strong>of</strong> counsel<strong>in</strong>g, difficulty with the usability <strong>of</strong> techniques (e.g., some<br />
participants reported that <strong>in</strong>teroceptive exposure was <strong>not</strong> appropriate for their symptoms),<br />
the questionnaires, <strong>and</strong> the sett<strong>in</strong>g (there was a compla<strong>in</strong>t about park<strong>in</strong>g at the AIBL).<br />
Participants found the read<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>teraction with research staff to be easy <strong>and</strong> they<br />
appreciated the convenience <strong>of</strong> the program. Participants found the exercises <strong>and</strong><br />
practic<strong>in</strong>g newly learned skills to be difficult. The SHB group recommended that the<br />
program be changed <strong>in</strong> the future to <strong>in</strong>clude more <strong>in</strong>-person counsel<strong>in</strong>g, more time<br />
allocated to the treatment, <strong>and</strong> some changes to the treatment delivery.<br />
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