Citation

Gilder DA, Luna JA, Calac D, Moore RS, Monti PM, Ehlers CL. Subst. Use Misuse 2011; 46(6): 836-842.

Affiliation

Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institue, La Jolla, California, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/10826084.2010.541963

PMID

21210721

PMCID

PMC3075848

Abstract

Thirty-six Native American tribal leaders and members living on contiguous rural southwest California reservations were surveyed concerning their view of the acceptability of a motivational interviewing (MI) intervention with youth (aged 8-18 years) who are drinking and their families. The results suggest the following: (1) a substantial proportion of reservation youth would be willing to accept MI for behavior change; (2) relatively few are actually ready to change; (3) most reservation youth are in the precontemplation stage of change; and (4) MI may be well suited as an intervention to prevent underage drinking in that population. The study's limitations are noted.

Language: en