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Table 2 Rater reliability of 2 raters for the Relational Work Scale (RWS) scored on one segment from the middle of a mid-therapy session of the patients in the non-transference group (N = 20)a

From: Relational interventions in psychotherapy: development of a therapy process rating scale

Item

  

Rater 1 Mean (SD)

Rater 2

  

Kappa

N (%)

N (%)

 1

RIb in transcript

1

17 (85 %)

N = 17 (85 %)

Identification

ICC

 
 

Sc

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 2

Beginning IRId

1

11.82 (10.67)

12.06 (10.84)

 

Kappa

N = 17 (85 %)

N = 17 (85 %)

 3

IRI first interaction

1

2 (10 %)

2 (10 %)

 4

IRI last interaction

1

1 (5 %)

1 (5 %)

 

ICC

N = 17 (85 %)

N = 17 (85 %)

 

S

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 5

Category IRI

0.66

2.53 (1.12)

2.17 (1.29)

Timing IRI

 6

IRI connect naturally

0.33

3.00 (0.76)

2.80 (0.86)

 7

IRI precise/striking

0.82

2.60 (1.12)

2.73 (1.03)

Category RI

Kappa

N (%)

N (%)

 8

Category 1

0.47

3 (17.65)

7 (41.18)

 9

Category 2

0.77

15 (88.24)

14 (82.35)

 10

Category 3

0.85

5 (29.41)

4 (23.53)

 11

Category 4

0.76

3 (17.65)

2 (11.76)

 12

Category 5

1

3 (17.65)

3 (17.65)

Content

Timing high categorye RI

ICC

N = 13 (65 %)

N = 13 (65 %)

N = 17 (85 %)

 

S

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 If

Connect naturally

−0.16

3.23 (0.60)

3.08 (0.49)

 IIf

Precise/striking

0.73

2.46 (0.97)

2.54 (0.78)

  

ICC

N = 17 (85 %)

N = 17 (85 %)

  

S

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 13

Tg Relation other

0.89

2.35 (1.11)

2.35 (0.10)

 14

Ph Relation other

0.96

2.82 (1.86)

2.71 (1.10)

 15

T Relation parent

0.95

1.23 (1.35)

1.17 (1.33)

 16

P Relation parent

0.96

0.76 (1.25)

0.76 (1.25)

 17

Avoid themes

0.61

0.29 (0.69)

0.23 (0.56)

 18

Symptoms T

0.63

1.35 (0.10)

1.47 (0.80)

 19

Symptoms P

0.85

1.41 (0.80)

1.65 (0.79)

Valence

 20

Supportive

0.52

1.94 (0.83)

2.00 (0.87)

 21

Challenging

0.66

2.11 (0.85)

1.82 (0.81)

Response

 22

Associations/self refl

0.89

2.29 (0.91)

2.35 (0.93)

 23

Cooperative

0.64

2.65 (0.70)

2.47 (0.80)

 24

Emotional involvement

0.62

2.47 (0.71)

2.24 (0.56)

  1. Note a20 patients from FEST NT group; 10 high QOR men and 10 low QOR women. 17 segments (n =17, 85 %) were found to contain Relational Interventions. There was complete agreement with regard to presence versus absence of Relational work in these 17 segments (Item 1 on RWS). bRelational Interventions (RI). cSingle measure (S). dInitial Relational Intervention (IRI). eTiming of the first Relational Intervention with the highest category score. Deleted from final version of RWS.fItem deleted from the final version of RWS. gTherapist focusing on (T). hPatient focusing on (P)