Table 3.
Characteristics of MISO and MISC 2.1 behavior counts
| Behavior | M | SD | ICC | α | r |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO behaviors: | |||||
| Give information, general | 12.85 | 8.57 | .501ˆ | .667 | .527 |
| Give information, about client’s drinking | 6.30 | 4.96 | .845** | .916 | .888 |
| Encourage/support | 3.37 | 3.36 | .099ˆˆ | .180 | .099 |
| Give advice | 1.96 | 2.33 | .458ˆ | .628 | .687 |
| Discuss self | 12.67 | 10.64 | .940** | .969 | .940 |
| Direct | 0.85 | 2.46 | 1.000** | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| Confront | 5.00 | 6.39 | .831** | .908 | .857 |
| Change Talk | 8.33 | 9.52 | .928** | .962 | .944 |
| Sustain Talk | 1.04 | 2.26 | .939** | .969 | .950 |
| Follow/Neutral | 23.78 | 17.70 | .794** | .885 | .815 |
| SO percent change talk | 0.89 | 0.22 | .970** | .985 | .970 |
| Client behaviors: | |||||
| Total change talk | 44.78 | 23.25 | .880** | .936 | .882 |
| Total sustain talk | 12.48 | 10.77 | .549ˆ | .709 | .724 |
| Commit + | 2.70 | 2.89 | .179ˆˆ | .303 | .388 |
| Desire + | 3.78 | 3.76 | .674* | .805 | .693 |
| Ability + | 0.59 | 0.80 | .226ˆˆ | .369 | .302 |
| Reason + | 23.37 | 14.76 | .923** | .960 | .940 |
| Need + | 2.81 | 4.27 | .748** | .856 | .882 |
| TS + | 6.44 | 5.29 | .512ˆ | .677 | .632 |
| Other + | 5.07 | 6.41 | −.027ˆˆ | −.055 | .060 |
| Commit − | 0.07 | 0.27 | – | – | – |
| Desire − | 0.56 | 1.55 | .286ˆˆ | .444 | .555 |
| Ability − | 1.04 | 1.79 | .818** | .900 | .818 |
| Reason − | 9.56 | 8.95 | .798** | .888 | .870 |
| Need − | 0.11 | 0.32 | – | – | – |
| TS − | 0.59 | 0.97 | – | – | – |
| Other − | 0.56 | 1.09 | .072ˆˆ | .135 | .290 |
| Follow/neutral | 109.26 | 56.47 | .957** | .978 | .981 |
Note. Mean and standard deviation reported for full sample (n = 27); reliability information reported for reliability sample (n = 6). ICC = Single measures intraclass correlation; α = Standardized item alpha. ICC interpretation:
ˆˆ
poor (0 – .40)
ˆ
fair (.40 – .59)
*
good (.60 – .74)
**
excellent (.75 – 1.0)