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Motivational Interviewing: moving from why to how with autonomy support

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, March 2012
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Title
Motivational Interviewing: moving from why to how with autonomy support
Published in
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, March 2012
DOI 10.1186/1479-5868-9-19
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Authors

Ken Resnicow, Fiona McMaster

Abstract

Motivational Interviewing (MI), a counseling style initially used to treat addictions, increasingly has been used in health care and public health settings. This manuscript provides an overview of MI, including its theoretical origins and core clinical strategies. We also address similarities and differences with Self-Determination Theory. MI has been defined as person-centered method of guiding to elicit and strengthen personal motivation for change. Core clinical strategies include, e.g., reflective listening and eliciting change talk. MI encourages individuals to work through their ambivalence about behavior change and to explore discrepancy between their current behavior and broader life goals and values. A key challenge for MI practitioners is deciding when and how to transition from building motivation to the goal setting and planning phases of counseling. To address this, we present a new three-phase model that provides a framework for moving from WHY to HOW; from building motivation to more action oriented counseling, within a patient centered framework.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 5 <1%
Australia 3 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Romania 1 <1%
Unknown 594 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 111 18%
Student > Master 105 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 65 11%
Researcher 41 7%
Other 34 6%
Other 101 17%
Unknown 148 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 115 19%
Psychology 94 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 81 13%
Social Sciences 44 7%
Sports and Recreations 31 5%
Other 67 11%
Unknown 173 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 49. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 April 2023.
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#862,078
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#273
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#3,986
of 168,389 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#2
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