Table 2.
Correlation Between Thin Slices and Fully Coded Sessions
| Four 1-Minute Slices | Six 1-Minute Slices | Four 2-Minute Slices | Six 2-Minute Slices | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent Communication Behavior | ||||
| Change Talk | .597***† | .261 | .436** | .403* |
| Commitment Language | .474** | .726*** | .701*** | .760***† |
| Counter Change Talk | .601*** | .639*** | .741*** | .822***† |
| Other | .585*** | .652*** | .749***† | .706*** |
| Counselor Communication | ||||
| Structure Session | .401* | .485** | .475** | .498**† |
| Positive Information | .593*** | .617*** | .539** | .808***† |
| Emphasize Autonomy | .365* | .224 | .376* | .499**† |
| Elicit Feedback | .627*** | .640*** | .752***† | .595*** |
| Affirmation | .587*** | .502** | .616*** | .650***† |
| Reflection of Change Talk | .669*** | .436** | .656*** | .698***† |
| Reflection of Commitment Language | .455** | .581*** | .790***† | .767*** |
| Reflection of Counter-Change Talk | .472** | .591*** | .753*** | .578***† |
| Other Reflections | .574*** | .585*** | .718***† | .369* |
| Summary | .401* | .677*** | .742*** | .745***† |
| Open-ended Questions to Elicit Change Talk | .653*** | .679*** | .713*** | .749***† |
| Open-ended Questions to Elicit Commitment Language | .310 | .570*** | .532** | .712***† |
| Open-ended Questions to Elicit Counter-Change Talk | .444** | .573*** | .668***† | .606*** |
| Close-ended Questions to Elicit Change Talk or Commitment Language | .645*** | .587*** | .681*** | .863***† |
| Other Questions | .626*** | .651*** | .419** | .834***† |
| Other Statements | .128 | .342* | .390* | .541**† |
*
denotes p ≤ .05,
**
denotes p ≤ .01,
***
denotes p ≤ .001,
†
Denotes the thin slice sample where the strongest correlation between the communication behavior in the fully coded sample and the communication behavior extracted in the thin slice sample was observed