@article{ref1,
title="The impact of motivational interviewing on delinquent behaviors in incarcerated adolescents",
journal="Journal of substance abuse treatment",
year="2015",
author="Clair-Michaud, Mary and Martin, Rosemarie A. and Stein, Lynda A. R. and Bassett, Shayna and Lebeau, Rebecca and Golembeske, Charles",
volume="65",
number="",
pages="13-19",
abstract="The impact of Motivational Interviewing (MI) on risky behaviors of incarcerated adolescents and adults has been investigated with promising results. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that MI reduces substance use, improves motivation and confidence to reduce use, and decreases risky behaviors. The current study investigated the impact of MI on general, alcohol-related, and marijuana-related delinquent behaviors in incarcerated adolescents. Participants in the study were incarcerated adolescents in a state correctional facility in the Northeast region and were assessed as part of a larger randomized clinical trial. Adolescents were randomly assigned to receive MI or relaxation therapy (RT) (N=189) treatment. Delinquent behaviors and depressive symptomatology were measured using the Delinquent Activities Scale (DAS; Reavy, Stein, Paiva, Quina, & Rossi, 2012) and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1991) respectively. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate that depression moderated treatment effects. Compared to RT, MI was better at reducing predatory aggression and alcohol-related predatory aggression 3 months post-release when depressive symptoms were low. Identifying an efficacious treatment for these adolescents may benefit society in that it may decrease crimes against persons (i.e., predatory aggression) post release.  Keywords: Juvenile justice <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0740-5472",
doi="10.1016/j.jsat.2015.09.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2015.09.003"
}