Preferences for coaching strategies in a personalized virtual coach for emotional eaters 119 5 Table 4 | Overview of coaches’ responses For the purpose of inter-rater reliability recoding of the textual responses of participants in the answer category “Other, namely...” to “1 positive” and “0 negative” (Q-3) was carried out in cooperation with a fellow researcher (MvL). The items were discussed one by one. Decision-making was carried out on the basis of the consensus model. Statistical analyses All data were collected with qualtrics.com. Analyses were conducted with SPSS statistical software, version 26 and Jamovi 2.2.5 [75]. The significance levels were set at 5%. Dichotomous variables were dummy coded as 0 or 1. Internal consistency was assessed with Cronbach’s Alpha (see Table 2). Descriptive statistics, such as frequency, mean, standard deviation and range, were used to describe BMI, age, emotional eating, personality traits, positive and negative affect, and well-being, see Table 2. Descriptive measures. To answer Research Question 1, contingency tables were performed, to test the relationship between recognition of the proto-typical problem situations and the type of coaching feedback. To compare the two problem situations ‘experiencing cravings’ and problem situation / condition Experiencing cravings: ‘Anita grabs her phone and indicates in the app that she is about to overindulge in cookies.’ After giving in to cravings: ‘Lisanne grabs her phone and types that she had a binge.’ action: The coach responds to Anita: The coach responds to Lisanne: Validation «Hi Anita, how good of you to leave the cookies. I know how hard that is. You have every reason to be proud of yourself. “ “Hi Lisanne, annoying that you had a binge. I understand that after such a day as today you did have a need for food and comfort.” Focus-onchange “Hi Anita, try to hold on to the feeling you have now and remember that when you are about to snack again.” “Hi Lisanne, Good that you are consulting the app! Don’t be angry with yourself, it takes time to change. Give yourself that time. What could you do right now to get rid of that annoying feeling and get back on track?” Dialectical “Hi Anita, how good of you to leave the cookies. I know how hard that is. You have every reason to be proud of yourself. But try to hold on to the feeling you have now and remember that when you are about to snack again.” “Hi Lisanne, too bad you that you had a binge. After a day like today, you do have a need for food and comfort. Don’t be angry to yourself. The challenge now is to take good care of yourself. What could you do right now to get rid of that annoying feeling and get back on track?”
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