Table 3.

Comparison of the rates of affiliative statements in WRG versus GDC

Type of Statement	Rate/hour WRG, mean (SD)	Rate/hour GDC, mean (SD)	Adjusted Relative Rate of statements occurring in WRG versus GDC (95% C.I.)	t-value	p-value
Total Statements**	37.42 (17.53)	26.38 (18.91)	1.66 (1.19, 2.32)	−3.01	.0038
Shared Experience**	5.42 (2.59)	3.32 (2.30)	1.64 (1.23, 2.17)	−3.46	.0010
Agreement	10.82 (6.31)	7.69 (6.57)	1.70 (1.05, 2.74)	−2.21	.0305
Supportive***	2.63 (2.41)	1.41 (1.61)	2.33 (1.48, 3.67)	−3.73	.0004
Completing a thought	3.50 (3.56)	2.50 (2.36)	1.53 (0.79, 2.96)	−1.29	.2027
Strategy**	2.29 (2.03)	1.36 (1.62)	2.21 (1.37, 3.58)	−3.30	.0015
Therapeutic	9.91 (6.11)	7.86 (6.55)	1.45 (1.04, 2.03)	−2.21	.0309
Positive statement about the group	0.49 (0.70)	0.26 (0.67)	2.40 (1.00, 5.76)	−1.99	.0508
Engaging Question	2.34 (2.09)	1.85 (2.28)	1.45 (0.70, 3.00)	−1.01	.3148

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001

Note: The Rate/hour summary data for WRG and GDC are based on unadjusted means. The Adjusted Relative Rate of statements controls for the number of participants in group and the therapist.