Table 1 Search terms used in PsycInfo

Sample

“posttraumatic stress disorder*” OR “post-traumatic stress disorder*” OR “post traumatic stress disorder*” OR PTSD

Phenomena of interest (P of I)

“cognitive proces* therap*” OR “prolonged exposure*” OR TF-CBT OR "eye movement desensitization and reprocessing" OR “narrative exposure therapy” OR “brief eclectic psychotherapy” OR “written narrative exposure” OR (“trauma-focused” AND (“therapy” OR “psychotherapy” OR “cognitive behavio#r* therap*” OR “cognitive therap*” OR “behavio#r* therap*” OR “behavio#r psychotherapy*” OR “cognit* therap*” OR “cognit* psychotherap*”))

Design

questionnaire* or survey* or interview* or focus group* or “case stud*” or observ* or qualitative* or “thematic analy*” or content analy* or ethnog* or phenomenol* or emic or etic or hermeneutic* or “heuristic*” or semiotics or “field study*” or “lived experience*” or “narrative analy*” or “grounded theor*” or “multi-method*” or “mixed-method*” or triangula* or “formative evalua*” or “process evalua*”

Evaluation (E)

«self-report*» OR «patient* report*» OR «client* report*» OR «experience*» OR view* OR perspective* OR perce* OR opinion* OR understand* OR reflect* OR reaction* OR thought* OR standpoint* OR “patient* receptivit*” OR “client* receptivit*” OR satisfaction* OR “client record*” OR “patient* record*” OR attitude* OR feel* OR belie* OR know* OR thought* OR standpoint*

Research Type (R)

qualitati* or “mixed-meth*” or “mixed meth*” or “multi-meth*” or “multi meth*”

S AND P of I AND (D OR E) AND R