Client “change talk,” or language in favor of changing a target behavior, is a hypothesized
active ingredient of motivational interviewing that can predict actual behavioral change. This …

OBJECTIVE Ways to prevent gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remain unproven. We
compared the impact of three lifestyle interventions (healthy eating [HE], physical activity …

There are many mandated school-based programs to prevent adolescent alcohol and drug
(AOD) use, but few are voluntary and take place outside of class time. This cluster …

Direct observation of psychotherapy and providing performance-based feedback is the gold-
standard approach for training psychotherapists. At present, this requires experts and …

Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasing problem world-wide.
Lifestyle interventions and/or vitamin D supplementation might help prevent GDM in some …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of Motivational Interviewing (MI) as an intervention for
promoting self-efficacy and weight loss in a sample of overweight and obese youth …

Communication skills are fundamental to social work, yet few studies have directly evaluated
their impact. In this study, we explore the relationship between skills and outcomes in 127 …

Objectives This systematic review aimed to synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of
motivational interviewing (MI), delivered in modes other than face-to-face individual …

Objective: To investigate if motivational interviewing improved physical activity, self-efficacy,
quality of life, mobility and mental health in people living in the community after hip fracture …

To date, few programs that integrate traditional practices with evidence-based practices
have been developed, implemented, and evaluated with urban American Indians/Alaska …