Table 1.
Statement Category | Description | Examples |
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1. Shared Experience | Statements that demonstrate that the participant can relate to the other member through a similar experience, thought, feeling, etc. by referencing the self. |
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2. Agreement | Must follow or be connected to a statement made by another group member, and expresses an agreement with what another group member is saying. |
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3. Therapeutic | Statements or questions that are aimed at gathering more information about someone’s recovery or are an attempt to help another group member gain insight. |
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4. Strategy | Must provide advice or guidance concerning the issue presented by the other group member. This may involve sharing of strategies that a group member found helpful under similar circumstances, or providing a new way of approaching/thinking about a situation. |
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5. Engaging question | Questions asked of another participant that demonstrate interest in the other participant and social connectedness responsive to an active discussion. |
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6. Supportive | Provide encouragement or positive feedback to a group member or the group as a whole. |
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7. Completing another member’s thought | An interruption which completes another person’s thought/sentence. Typically demonstrates that the group member is on the same page as the other group member and is following along with what he/she is saying. |
Participant A:“ I’m getting old, my body…” Participant B:“… doesn’t tolerate it anymore.” |
8. Positive statements regarding the group | Must reference the group as a whole, rather than individual members or a subset of members. Must be related to the information presented, the group process, or the group support. |
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