Translating Vague Constructs
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- What happened that makes you feel (construct)?
- behavioral events triggering labeling
- What does (person) do that leads you to believe (construct)?
- behavioral incidents leading to construct label
- I'm not sure I understand, can you describe for me some examples of (construct)?
- elicit behavioral description of construct
- In what situations does this (construct) occur? [If more than one situation] Which concerns you more?
- contextual variables influencing the label of construct
- Where did you learn about (construct)?
- source of information for the label
- What do (you, others) do that prompted you to use that word to describe (yourself, others)?
- elicit behavioral description of label
- What led you to consult that source?
- contextual variables influencing help seeking or understanding
- What led you to see (yourself, others) as (construct)?
- contextual variables influencing application of label
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Is it what the person says or what he does? Or...
Is it what you think or what you do? - clarification of variables most disturbing to the person
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Is it what he says or how he says it?
Or...
Is it that you think this or the way you think it? - clarifying variables most disturbing to the person
- What are you (feeling word) about? What happened to make you feel this way?
- behavioral incidents associated with affect
- Because of (construct) you are doing what that causes you distress?
- clarification of actions causing distress
- Because of (construct) he/she is doing what that causes you distress?
- clarification of behaviors leading to distress
- If you were to do X (or stop doing Y) would that make a significant difference?
- clarification of what changes would be valued
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In order to make a just noticable difference in (construct), what could you (or others) do differently?
What could you start or stop doing that would make things noticable different? - clarifying desired change