. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 10.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2007;19(1):243–261. doi: 10.1017/S0954579407070137

Table 3.

Therapist adherence rating scale items

RPMG Subscale

1. Warmth/interest	Conveys warmth and interest toward group members
2. Fosters relational development	Focus on developing new understanding of relationships and their impact on self and others
3. Fosters insight and discovery	Uses exploratory, discovery-oriented approach to guide group members’ resolution of issues
4. Focuses on psychological needs^a	Focuses on self-esteem building, stress reduction, self-support, or other aspects of individual psychological needs
5. Conveys flexibility/openness^a	Conveys openness and flexibility to incorporating patient discussion into the group topic
6. Fosters parental development	Focuses discussion on helping patient develop parenting skills, knowledge, and/or awareness
7. Uses appropriate self-disclosure^a	Makes own ideas and experience available to the group in a way that fosters progress
8. Explicit support of patients’ efforts to progress^a	Actively encourages and reinforces patients’ attempts to assimilate new ideas and insights
9. Empathic understanding	Reflects patients’ feelings and personal meanings to show an understanding of patients’ experience
10. Encourages interaction and support^a	Encourages group members to speak directly to and support each other
11. Succinctly paraphrases core meaning of discussion	Effectively summarizes the essence of the discussion before moving to a new topic

RT Subscale

1. Focuses on abstinence and relapse prevention	Discusses illicit drug use, cravings, triggers, dangerous situations, decisions leading to a relapse, etc.
2. Confronts patients with a “wake-up” call	Encourages and models confrontation or “calling” patients on their behavior and views of reality
3. Focuses on addiction and the recovery process^a	Definitions, symptoms or types of addiction, stages, goals, progress, commitment in regard to recovery
4. Focuses on alternatives to drug-using lifestyles	Discusses plans, activities, challenges, and progress toward having a drug-free lifestyle
5. Maintains an “expert” stance^a	Presents self as an ultimate expert/authority
6. Maintains a directive stance^a	Provides direct advice to patient regarding what she should do in a specific situation
7. Maintains a concrete stance^a	Focuses exclusively on generating concrete solutions without addressing other aspects

New items added to the original scale developed during Stage I.