Table 4.
The Three IBT Categories and Their Supporting Codes
| Category | Expectations | Experiences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| To become better | An ambivalent experience | A personal challenge | |
| Codes | Receive help: The pain would disappear | Confusion and skepticism: Treatment doubtfulness | Demands of performance: Own and others |
| Acquire knowledge and tools: To become better | IBT makes demands: Gives rise to anxiety and stress | Structure and discipline: Need for control and confirmation | |
| Need for support: An ambivalent experience | A new way of thinking: Gave understanding | ||
| Treatment exercises: A double-faced experience | Difficulties describing personal issues: Personal life is private | ||
| Benefits of IBT: A mixed experience | Concerns about remaining problems: Future consequences | ||
| IBT shows patterns: Gives new knowledge | |||