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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2016 Jun:65:66-73.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.10.004. Epub 2015 Nov 19.

Brief Motivational Interviewing and Normative Feedback for Adolescents: Change Language and Alcohol Use Outcomes

Jordan P Davis  1 , Jon M Houck  2 , Lauren N Rowell  2 , Jennifer G Benson  2 , Douglas C Smith  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Brief Motivational Interviewing and Normative Feedback for Adolescents: Change Language and Alcohol Use Outcomes

Jordan P Davis et al. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

Few studies have investigated the impact of adolescent change language on substance use treatment outcomes and even fewer have examined how adolescents respond to normative feedback. The purpose of this study was to understand the influence normative feedback has on adolescent change language and subsequent alcohol and cannabis use 3months later. We examined how percent change talk (PCT) was associated with subsequent alcohol and drug use outcomes. Adolescents (N=48) were randomly assigned to receive brief motivational interviewing (MI) or MI plus normative feedback (NF). Audio recordings were coded with high interrater reliability. Adolescents with high PCT who received MI+NF had significantly fewer days of alcohol and binge drinking at follow up. There were no differences between groups on cannabis use or treatment engagement. Findings indicate that NF may be useful for adolescents with higher amount of change talk during sessions and may be detrimental for individuals with higher sustain talk.

Keywords: Adolescents; Alcohol treatment; Cannabis use; Change talk; Motivational interviewing.

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Fig. 1
Interaction of percent CT and condition for drinking days at 3 months. Note: MI = motivational interviewing; NF = normative feedback; CT = change talk.
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Fig. 2
Interaction of percent CT and condition for binge drinking days at 3 months. Note: MI = motivational interviewing; NF = normative feedback; CT = change talk.
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Fig. 3
State transition diagram for behaviors related to client change language. Note: Dotted line = related to sustain talk, solid line = related to change talk. Positive valence (+) = significantly more likely than chance; negative valence (−) = significantly less likely than chance.
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