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Table 5 Questions about the vignettes

From: Application of three different coaching strategies through a virtual coach for people with emotional eating: a vignette study

Questions to the participants

1. Do you identify yourself with the persona Lisanne/Anita?

Answers (2 mca): Yes, I can totally relate to L/A. Yes, I can relate more or less […]. No, I cannot relate very well […]. No, I cannot relate at all […].

2. What is your opinion of the coach’s reaction to L’s/A’s problem?

Answers (2 mc + free text): I think that is a good response, because … I don’t think that is a good response, because …

3. What would you think if you would got an answer like this yourself?

Answers (5 mc + free text): I find it helpful, that’s what works for me. I find it friendly, supportive, I feel understood. I find it too confrontational. I find it useless. Other (explain):

4. What kind of advice would you give to L/A if you were the coach?

Answers (4 mc + free text): Be empathetic, offer words of comfort. Just put it bluntly – no beating around the bush. Advice on what to do. Other (explain):

5. What would you ask the coach if you were in a similar situation?

Answers: free text

6. What kind of advice would you like to get from a coach?

Answers (4 mc + free text): Be empathetic, get words of comfort. Just put it bluntly – no beating around the bush. Advice on what to do. Other (explain):

  1. amc Multiple-choice