Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10303079 | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
This study examined the feasibility of providing motivational interviewing (MI) training to parents of young adults with recent-onset schizophrenia and co-occurring cannabis use. The training was offered in a mental health care setting as part of a family motivational intervention (FMI). Ninety-seven parents were randomly assigned to either FMI or routine family support (RFS). To obtain a measure of parent's MI skills at baseline and 3 months after they completed FMI, their role-play interactions with an actor portraying their child were coded. The coding method had satisfactory inter-rater reliability and internal consistency. At follow-up, parents in FMI showed significantly greater adherence to (p = .03) and competence in (p = .04) MI than parents in RFS. Parents in FMI also demonstrated significantly greater increases in expressing empathy (p = .01). These results demonstrate that FMI is a feasible method for increasing MI skills in parents. Additional research is needed to better understand the unique application of MI to parent-child interactions.
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Authors
Maarten M.Sc., René M.D., Lieuwe M.D., Christine Ph.D., Don M.D., Gerard Ph.D.,