Motivational Interviewing in Self-efficacy and Weight Loss in Adolescents
Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Self-Efficacy and Promote
Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This study looked at motivational
interviewing to see if it enhances self-efficacy and promotes weight loss in
adolescence. There were 40 participants in the study ranging from 10-18 years
of age. The study found that MI does work and is best when used in combination
with other counseling interventions.
I read this study because it was a
topic that was discussed last semester in my Clinical Nutrition course. I think
it is interesting to see how motivational interviewing fits into an effective
counseling method and how it works in different subpopulations, like the
adolescence in this study. It definitely does seem to have a place in nutrition
counseling and it will be interesting to see how is added to other types of
counseling interventions.
--Sarah Carlson
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