Table 1.

Competence components and their relation to outcome on CGI-I.

Items on CTCS-SP	CGI-I
1. Agenda setting	−.35
2. Dealing with questions/objections/problems	−.43
3. Clarity of communication	−.46
4. Pacing and efficient use of time	−.65**
5. Interpersonal effectiveness	−.51**
6. Resource activation	−.61**
7. Reviewing social-phobia questionnaires and other measures	−.21
8. Reviewing previously set homework	−.31
9. Use of feedback and summaries	−.22
10. Guided discovery	−.48
11. Focus on social-phobia-related cognitions, self-focused attention, safety behaviors, and biased imagery	−.49*
12. Rationale	−.36
13. Selection of appropriate strategies for change in social-phobia-related cognition and maintaining factors (including selection of behavioral experiments and other experiential exercises).	−.59**
14. Appropriate implementation of techniques for change in social-phobia-related cognition and maintaining factors (including selection of behavioral experiments and other experimental exercises).	−.56**
15. Integration of discussion and experiential techniques	−.34
16. Setting homework	−.23

Note. CGI-I = Clinical Global Impression Improvement Scale; CTCS-SP = Cognitive Therapy Competence Scale for Social Phobia.

*p < .05; **p < .01. Significance levels were adjusted for multiple comparisons (Bonferroni correction).