Mechanisms of motivational interviewing in health promotion: a Bayesian mediation analysis

Table 2 Cross-tabulated frequencies of behavior counts rated by each coder for 4 interactions (approximately 10% of total)

				Coder 1
				Counselor Utterances		Client Utterances
				Counselor Utterances		Total Positive Client Change Talk			Total Sustain Talk
				MICO	MIIN	Positive Client Change Talk	Positive Client Commitment Language	Positive Client Taking Steps	Negative Client Change Talk	Negative Client Commitment Language	Negative Client Taking Steps	Other	Total
Coder 2	Counselor Utterances		MICO	174	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	181
	Counselor Utterances		MIIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Client Utterances	Total Positive Client Change Talk	Positive Client Change Talk	0	0	93	0	0	1	0	0	3	97
			Positive Client Commitment Language	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	5
			Positive Client Taking Steps	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	12
		Total Client Sustain Talk	Negative Client Change Talk	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	17
			Other	11	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	493	510
			Total	185	0	100	4	11	18	1	0	503	822

Note. MICO = MI-consistent counselor behaviors; MIIN = MI-inconsistent counselor behaviors. Coder 1 did not rate any negative commitment language or taking steps behaviors. Other = all other counselor and client behaviors (i.e., giving information, filler, facilitate, closed question, neutral, structure).

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