Table 1 Percentage of correct responses to individual items on the general knowledge. Questionnaire (N = 29)^a

Q1) It is estimated that about a third of patients living with and beyond cancer report poor quality of life.

True

86.2

93.1

Q2) Quality of life is only affected by psychological problems.

False

93.1

89.7

Q3) People living with and beyond cancer are 40% more likely to be unemployed than those who have not had cancer.

True

79.3

100*

Q4) People who have recently finished treatment for cancer should avoid physical activity.

False

100

100

Q5) ACT tries to identify a problematic behaviour and reduce symptoms.

False

58.6

82.8*

Q6) In targeting unhelpful processes, ACT examines whether a thought is true or false.

False

82.8

100

Q7) ACT puts participants’ views about what they value most in their lives at the heart of the therapy.

True

100

100

Q8) The ACT therapeutic stance encourages the use of limited self-disclosure.

True

41.4

93.1***

Q9) There is substantial evidence ACT helps people who are living with and beyond cancer.

False

37.9

44.8

Q10) Values direct our behaviour and they can be cancelled out by a failure to achieve a goal.

False

72.4

75.9