Effectiveness of motivational interviewing interventions for adolescent substance use behavior change: a meta-analytic review
- Forfatter(e)
- Jensen, C. D. Cushing, C. C. Aylward, B. S. Craig, J. T. Sorell, D. M. Steele, R. G.
- År
- 2011
- Tidsskrift
- Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology
- Sider
- 433-40
- Kategori(er)
- Rus (alkohol, illegale rusmidler)
- Tiltakstype(r)
- Kognitiv atferdsterapi, atferdsterapi og kognitiv terapi
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) interventions for adolescent substance use behavior change.
METHOD: Literature searches of electronic databases were undertaken in addition to manual reference searches of identified review articles. Databases searched include PsycINFO, PUBMED/MEDLINE, and Educational Resources Information Center. Twenty-one independent studies, representing 5,471 participants, were located and analyzed.
RESULTS: An omnibus weighted mean effect size for all identified MI interventions revealed a small, but significant, posttreatment effect size (mean d = .173, 95% CI [.094, .252], n = 21). Small, but significant, effect sizes were observed at follow-up suggesting that MI interventions for adolescent substance use retain their effect over time. MI interventions were effective across a variety of substance use behaviors, varying session lengths, and different settings, and for interventions that used clinicians with different levels of education.
CONCLUSIONS: The effectiveness of MI interventions for adolescent substance use behavior change is supported by this meta-analytic review. In consideration of these results, as well as the larger literature, MI should be considered as a treatment for adolescent substance use.