Table 3.

Questions Used in the Pilot Phase to Develop Experimental DT and DT-Reduced Instructions. These Prompts Were Presented after the following Stem: “Based on These Instructions I Would Expect That…”

Instruction type
DT-reduced	Diagnosis threat
…individuals will not experience symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury long after the initial injury.	…individuals will experience symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury long after the initial injury.
…an individual's performance on tests of cognitive functioning will not be influenced by their previous mild traumatic brain injury.	…an individual's performance on tests of cognitive functioning will be influenced by their previously sustained mild traumatic brain injury.
…individuals who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury have control over their performance on tests of cognitive functioning, such as working memory, attention and processing speed.	…individuals who has sustained a prior mild traumatic brain injury have no control over their performance on tests of cognitive functioning, such as working memory, attention and processing speed.*
…individuals who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury can perform to the level of individuals who do not have a history of mild traumatic brain injury of on tests of cognitive functioning.	…individuals who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury cannot perform to the level of individuals who do not have a history of mild traumatic brain injury on tests of cognitive functioning.*

Note: All participants provided responses to these items using a 4 point likert scale, where 1=strongly disagree and 4=strongly agree. ^*=All items achieved a mean rating of 3 or greater apart from these two items.

DT, diagnosis threat.