Therapist influence on client language during motivational interviewing sessions

TitleTherapist influence on client language during motivational interviewing sessions
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsMoyers, TB, Martin, T
JournalJournal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume30
Pagination245-251
Date PublishedApr
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number0740-5472 (Print)0740-5472 (Linking)
Accession Number16616169
Keywords*Counseling, *Interview, Psychological, *Motivation, *Professional-Patient Relations, Adult, Behavior, Female, Humans, Language, Male, Middle Aged, Substance-Related Disorders/*psychology/*rehabilitation
Abstract

Client language in favor of change is hypothesized to be a causal mechanism for motivational interviewing (MI), and specific therapist behaviors are prescribed to elicit such speech. This project examined 38 motivational enhancement therapy sessions from Project MATCH (Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity), using a sequential behavioral coding system to investigate the relationship between therapist behaviors and client speech. Conditional probabilities were calculated between MI-consistent (MICO) therapist behaviors, MI-inconsistent (MIIN) therapist behaviors, and immediately subsequent client speech. MICO behaviors were more likely to be followed by self-motivational statements, whereas MIIN behaviors were more likely to be followed by client resistance. These results lend support to the importance of therapist behaviors in shaping client speech during MI sessions.

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