Table 2.
Emotions at Work in Applied Behavior Analysis
| Survey item | Level of agreement | ||||
| Strongly agree % (n) | Agree % (n) | I don’t know % (n) | Disagree % (n) | Strongly disagree % (n) | |
| Helping clients to feel better emotionally is an important part of my work. | 57.2 (87) | 32.2 (49) | 5.9 (9) | 3.2 (5) | 1.3 (2) |
| My colleagues in my workplace are empathetic. | 27.6 (42) | 50.6 (77) | 13.1 (20) | 7.2 (11) | 1.3 (2) |
| In general, the field of behavior analysis responds to emotion and considers emotions in the analysis and intervention of behavior. | 2.6 (4) | 32.2 (49) | 11.1 (17) | 44.7 (68) | 9.2 (14) |
| Level of likelihood | |||||
| Survey item | Very likely % (n) | Somewhat likely % (n) | I don’t know % (n) | Somewhat unlikely % (n) | Very unlikely % (n) |
| How likely are you to consider the emotions of caregivers, clients, or coworkers when conducting assessments and interpreting findings? | 71.0 (108) | 24.3 (37) | 2.6 (4) | 1.3 (2) | 0.6 (1) |
| How often | |||||
| Survey item | Always % (n) | Most of the time % (n) | Sometimes % (n) | Not often % (n) | Never % (n) |
| How often do emotional reactions from clients impact your intervention development or revision? | 18.4 (28) | 30.2 (46) | 40.7 (62) | 8.5 (13) | 1.9 (3) |
Note. This table presents information about the survey questions that were asked to gain information about participant experience and perceptions related to emotions at work within the field of applied behavior analysis.