Citation

Martin T, Christopher PJ, Houck JM, Moyers TB. Psychol. Addict. Behav. 2011; 25(3): 439-445.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/a0023129

PMID

21517139

Abstract

Client language during Motivational Interviewing interventions is an important predictor of drinking outcomes, but there are inconsistencies in the literature regarding what aspects of client language are most predictive. We characterized the structure of client language by factor analyzing frequency counts of several categories of client speech. The results provide limited support for a model proposed by Miller et al. (2006) and Amrhein et al. (2003) but with some important differences. While Amrhein et al. (2003) found that only increasing strength in client commitment language predicted behavior change, the current study revealed that client language preparatory to commitment predicted drinking outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).

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