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Table 2 Symbol Frequency Distribution

From: Communication patterns in a psychotherapy following traumatic brain injury: A quantitative case study based on symbolic dynamics

Content

Symbol

Frequency

All Sessions

First

Session

Second

Session

Third

Session

P: Behavioral Analysis/Educational

i

.1184

.1073

.1475

.1010

P: Acknowledging

a

.0988

.0978

.0947

.1024

T: Acknowledging

A

.0899

.1041

.0638

.1038

P: Information (Requesting/Providing)

b

.0830

.0726

.0692

.0982

P: Complaint

f

.0798

.0915

.0692

.0827

T: Transitional/Elicitation

G

.0766

.0726

.0893

.0687

T: Problem Presentation

H

.0735

.0536

.0820

.0757

P: Emotional Discharge

e

.0697

.0820

.0820

.0547

T: Behavioral Analysis/Educational

I

.0659

.0820

.0729

.0533

T: Validating

D

.0532

.0915

.0474

.0407

P: Request for Validation

c

.0532

.0599

.0455

.0561

T: Reflective

J

.0450

.0221

.0492

.0519

P: Problem Presentation

h

.0317

.0221

.0346

.0337

T: Information (Requesting/Providing)

B

.0298

.0221

.0328

.0309

T: Irreverent

K

.0108

.0032

.0000

.0224

P: Transitional/Elicitation

g

.0108

.0032

.0182

.0084

P: Validating

d

.0051

.0126

.0018

.0042

P: Irreverent

k

.0044

.0000

.0000

.0098

T: Request for Validation

C

.0006

.0000

.0000

.0014

T: Emotional Discharge

E

.0000

.0000

.0000

.0000

T: Complaint

F

.0000

.0000

.0000

.0000

P: Reflective

j

.0000

.0000

.0000

.0000

  1. The table shows the rank-ordered frequency of each symbol in the symbolic reduction. The expectation frequency is .0455. The letter T in the first column denotes therapist contributions and the letter P indicates patient contributions.