Domain 1: Research team and reflexivity	COREQ guide question/description	Response
Personal characteristics
1. Interviewer/facilitator	Which author/s conducted the interviews?	Principal investigator: Andrea Ash,
2. Credentials	What were the researcher's credentials? E.g., PhD, MD	PhD
3. Occupation	What was their occupation at the time of the study?	Research assistant professor, lab manager
4. Gender	Was the researcher male or female?	Female
5. Experience and training	What experience or training did the researcher have?	Sixteen years of assessment experience
Relationship with participants
6. Relationship established	Was a relationship established prior to study commencement?	See Method section, para. 2
7. Participant knowledge of the interviewer	What did the participants know about the researcher? E.g., personal goals, reasons for doing the research	See Method section, para. 2
8. Interviewer characteristics	What characteristics were reported about the interviewer/facilitator? E.g., bias, assumptions, reasons, and interests in the research topic	See Method section, para. 2
Domain 2: Study design
Theoretical framework
9. Methodological orientation and theory	What methodological orientation was stated to underpin the study? E.g., grounded theory, discourse analysis, ethnography, phenomenology, content analysis	See Method section, Research Design subsection, para. 1
Participant selection
10. Sampling	How were participants selected? E.g., purposeful, convenience, consecutive, snowball	See Method section, para. 4
11. Method of approach	How were participants approached? E.g., face-to-face, telephone, mail, e-mail	See Method section, para. 2
12. Sample size	How many participants were in the study?	See Method section, para. 2
13. Nonparticipation	How many people refused to participate or dropped out? Reasons?	See Method section, para. 4
Setting
14. Setting of data collection	Where were the data collected? E.g., home, clinic, workplace	See Method section, Data Collection subsection, para. 1
15. Presence of nonparticipants	Was anyone else present besides the participants and researchers?	See Method section, Data Collection subsection, para. 1
16. Description of sample	What are the important characteristics of the sample? E.g., demographic data, date	See Method section, para. 2
Data collection
17. Interview guide	Were questions, prompts, and guides provided by the authors? Was it pilot tested?	See Method section, Data Collection subsection, paragraph 1
18. Repeat interviews	Were repeat interviews carried out? If yes, how many?	See Method section, Interview Transcription and Coding subsection, paragraph 6
19. Audio/visual recording	Did the research use audio or visual recording to collect the data?	See Method section, Data Collection subsection, paragraph 1
20. Field notes	Were field notes made during and/or after the interview or focus group?	See Method section, Data Collection subsection, paragraph 1
21. Duration	What was the duration of the interviews or focus group?	See Results section, Interviews subsection, paragraph 1
22. Data saturation	Was data saturation discussed?	See Method section, paragraph 4 and Method section, Interview Transcription and Coding subsection, paragraph 2
23. Transcripts returned	Were transcripts returned to participants for comment and/or correction?	See Method section, Interview Transcription and Coding subsection, paragraph 6
Domain 3: Analysis and findings
Data analysis
24. Number of data coders	How many data coders coded the data?	See Method section, Interview Transcription and Coding subsection, paragraph 1
25. Description of the coding tree	Did authors provide a description of the coding tree?	See Method section, Interview Transcription and Coding subsection, paragraphs 2–5
26. Derivation of themes	Were themes identified in advance or derived from the data?	See Method section, Research Design subsection, paragraph 2
27. Software	What software, if applicable, was used to manage the data?	See Method section, Interview Transcription and Coding subsection, paragraph 2
28. Participant checking	Did participants provide feedback on the findings?	See Method section, Interview Transcription and Coding subsection, paragraph 6
Reporting
29. Quotation presented	Were participant quotations presented to illustrate the themes/findings? Was each quotation identified? E.g., participant number	Yes. See entire Results section
30. Data and findings consistent	Was there consistency between the data presented and the findings?	Yes. See entire Discussion section
31. Clarity of major themes	Were major themes clearly presented in the findings?	See Results section, Themes subsection
32. Clarity of minor themes	Is there a description of diverse cases or discussion of minor themes?	See Results section, Themes subsection