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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Jan 12;172:43–50. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.11.036

Table 4.

Indirect effect of group assignment on client speech via provider speech at the 3-month follow-up

a. Change talk
Variable Coefficient 95% CI SE t p
Effect of group assignment on reflections of change talk (a path)
Constant 0.265 0.205 0.324 0.030 8.771 .000
Group −0.013 −0.096 0.071 0.042 −0.302 .764
Effect of reflections of change talk on change talk covarying for group (b path)
Constant 0.413 0.308 0.518 0.053 7.780 .000
RefCT 1.628 1.381 1.874 0.125 13.072 .000
Group −0.059 −0.174 0.056 0.058 −1.012 .314
Total effect of group on change talk (c path)
Constant 0.844 0.716 0.971 0.064 13.128 .000
Group −0.080 −0.257 0.098 0.090 −0.886 .377
Direct effect of group on change talk
Group −0.059 −0.174 0.056 0.058 −1.012 .314
Bootstrapped indirect effect on change talk via reflections of change talk (κ2)
RefCT −0.030 0.000 0.091 0.056
b. Sustain talk
Variable Coefficient 95% CI SE t p
Effect of group assignment on reflections of sustain talk (a path)
Constant 0.110 0.785 0.142 0.016 6.898 .000
Group −0.047 −0.091 −0.002 0.022 −2.089 .039
Effect of reflections of sustain talk on sustain talk covarying for group (b path)
Constant 0.140 0.065 0.215 0.038 3.681 .003
RefST 0.911 0.551 1.271 0.182 5.001 .000
Group 0.037 −0.054 0.127 0.046 0.804 .423
Total effect of group on sustain talk (c path)
Constant 0.240 0.170 0.303 0.035 6.812 .000
Group -.006 −.010 0.092 0.049 −0.114 .909
Direct effect of group on sustain talk
Group 0.368 −0.054 0.127 .046 0.804 .423
Bootstrapped indirect effect on sustain talk via reflections of sustain talk (κ2)
RefST 0.083 0.015 0.169 0.039

Note. RefCT = reflections of change talk; RefST = reflections of sustain talk