An examination of the motivational interviewing treatment integrity code

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TitleAn examination of the motivational interviewing treatment integrity code
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsPierson, HM, Hayes, SC, Gifford, EV, Roget, N, Padilla, M, Bissett, R, Berry, K, Kohlenberg, B, Rhode, R, Fisher, G
JournalJournal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume32
Pagination11-17
Date PublishedJan
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number0740-5472 (Print)0740-5472 (Linking)
Accession Number17175394
Keywords*Automatic Data Processing, *Interviews as Topic, *Motivation, *Professional-Patient Relations, *Questionnaires, Counseling, Humans, Patient Compliance/*statistics & numerical data, Reproducibility of Results, Role Playing, Students/psychology, Substance-Related Disorders/*therapy
Abstract

This study examines the reliability of the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) code, a brief scale designed to evaluate the integrity of the use of motivational interviewing (MI). Interactions between substance abuse counselors with one person role-playing a client were audiotaped and scored by trained teams of graduate and undergraduate students. Segments of 10 minutes and 20 minutes were compared and found to yield the same reliability and integrity results. Interrater reliability showed good-to-excellent results for each MITI item even with undergraduate raters. Correlations between items showed a coherent pattern of interitem correlations. The MITI is a good measure of treatment integrity for MI and seems superior to existing measures when indicators of client behavior are not needed.
URLhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17175394
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