Table 2.

Attitudinal and Technique Differences between Second and Third Wave Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists

	2nd Wave	3rd Wave		dfs	Cohen’s d	p
	M(SD)	M(SD)	F
EBPAS-Required	6.8(2.9)	5.3(3.6)	3.58	1,88	0.47	0.062
EBPAS-Appeal	11.1(2.9)	10.3(2.8)	0.62	1,88	0.18	0.432
EBPAS-Openness	9.8(2.8)	9.9(2.3)	0.10	1,88	0.07	0.751
EBPAS-Divergence	13.2(2.0)	12.8(2.4)	1.21	1,88	0.24	0.275
CBHQ	43.4(11.0)	40.0(11.4)	0.53	1,85	0.17	0.467
MFH	18.7(6.6)	17.4(6.6)	0.18	1,86	0.11	0.672
REI-Intuition	3.2(0.7)	3.3(0.7)	1.01	1,87	0.14	0.319
Power/energy techniques	1.5(2.2)	2.2(2.0)	2.60	1,84	0.36	0.111
Radical Behavioral techniques	6.2(3.4)	7.3(3.2)	1.81	1,80	0.29	0.183
Analytic/dynamic techniques	3.4(3.0)	3.8(3.1)	0.50	1,84	0.16	0.483
Family systems techniques*	3.6(3.2)	5.1(3.1)	7.20	1,81	0.61	0.009
Mindfulness/acceptance techniques*	8.7(3.2)	13.5(3.5)	40.75	1,85	1.43	0.000
Existential/humanistic techniques*	7.5(3.1)	9.8(3.1)	11.63	1,82	0.79	0.001
Total techniques*	80.0(13.0)	90.9(12.5)	15.02	1,79	0.90	0.000
Cognitive-behavioral techniques	12.2(3.0)	11.7(2.8)	0.74	1,86	0.20	0.393
Cognitive restructuring techniques*	2.6(0.6)	1.8(1.0)	21.27	1,88	1.02	0.000
Homework	2.6(0.6)	2.5(0.6)	0.05	1,88	0.05	0.821
Exposure techniques*	1.6(1.1)	2.3(0.7)	7.74	1,87	0.62	0.007
Breathing retraining	1.4(1.0)	1.3(0.8)	0.03	1,87	0.04	0.863
Relaxation*	2.0(0.8)	1.5(0.8)	5.09	1,88	0.50	0.027
Social skills work	2.0(0.7)	2.1(0.8)	0.21	1,88	0.10	0.648

Note: The analyses were conducted using ANCOVAs with gender as a covariate.

^*p<.05

EBPAS = Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes Scale; CBHQ = Complementary and Alternative Medicine Health Beliefs Questionnaire; MFH = Magical Beliefs about Food and Health Scale; REI = Rational-Experiential Inventory; Treatment Approaches and Techniques Questionnaire