BTB Evidence Repository
Cross-Case Observations
This publication analyses five observational case reports from the BTB pilot implementation. It is not a validation study. It identifies behavioural patterns that appeared across participant documentation and separates observations seen in one participant, observations seen across several participants and questions requiring future investigation.
Observed across several participants
Avoidance often appeared before task engagement as a reaction to discomfort, overload, shame, predicted failure or perfectionistic conditions.
Observed across several participants
Behavioural awareness was repeatedly described before later changes in study consistency, task initiation or self-regulation.
Observed across several participants
Participants often described waiting for ideal internal conditions, such as the right mood, energy, timing or confidence, before beginning work.
Observed across one participant
Physiological stress data was documented in T.H. through WHOOP data alongside discomfort tracking.
Observed across one participant
Academic shame and identity threat were documented most clearly in A.M. in relation to mathematics avoidance.
Observed across one participant
Work and everyday-life generalisation were documented most clearly in P.M. and J.M., though in different forms.
Requires future investigation
Whether predicted discomfort, predicted failure, shame, perfectionism and physiological stress data can become reliable behavioural markers requires structured future study.
Requires future investigation
Whether participant-reported reductions in procrastination can be replicated and independently evaluated remains a future research question.
Interpretive Caution
The observations summarised here are early-stage and field-informed. They are intended to support transparent framework development and future research design, not to claim clinical validation or proven effectiveness.
Future Research Direction
The next research task is to convert recurring behavioural observations into clearer measurement protocols. Candidate areas include predicted discomfort, predicted failure, shame-linked withdrawal, physiological stress response, and behavioural generalisation across study, work and everyday life.