Research Article
Measuring Therapeutic Alliance for Tobacco Cessation Counseling for Behavioral Health Clinicians
Table 1
Correlation between WAIT-3 scores and attitudes/beliefs/opinions.
| | Belief/attitude/opinion | Correlation | Significance |
| | It is important for me to quit using tobacco. | .250 | <.01 | | It is not a good idea for a person who is coping with a mental illness to try to quit using tobacco until in full recovery. | -.038 | NS | | My tobacco use is no concern of my CSP/CCS. | -.246 | <.01 | | I want my CSP/CCS to help me to quit using tobacco. | .298 | <.01 | | When my CSP/CCS addresses my tobacco use, I know that they care about the whole me. | .292 | <.01 | | I want to quit using tobacco. | .335 | <.01 | | It’s OK for my CSP/CCS to help me quit using tobacco as long as doing so does not interfere with my other treatment goals. | .266 | <.01 | | I know I need help to quit using tobacco. | .160 | .01 | | I did not come to this CSP/CCS to quit using tobacco so staff should not address my tobacco use. | -.248 | <.01 | | I want to quit using tobacco but do not think I can. | -.124 | <.05 | | I’m not at all ready to quit using tobacco. | -.338 | <.01 |
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