Patients’ and volunteer coaches’ experiences with an informal social network intervention in forensic psychiatric care: a qualitative analysis

Table 2 Overview of themes and subthemes following thematic analysis^a

Theme	Subtheme
Dealing with patient receptivity	Willingness
	Attitudes
	Timing
Developing social bonds	Continuity
	Honesty and reciprocity
	Similarities and equality
Receiving social support	Informational support
	Emotional support
	Instrumental support
	Companionship support
Achieving meaningful change	Lack of change
	Expansion of worldview and beliefs
	Sense of fulfillment and purpose
Using a personalized approach

^aA selection of quotations that illustrate (sub)themes is presented in the text under qualitative results. More selected quotations can be found in Supplementary Material 1

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