TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of Motivational Interviewing
T2 - Validation of the Client Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing Scale With Probation Clients
AU - Armstrong, Gaylene S.
AU - Atkin-Plunk, Cassandra
AU - Gartner, Nancy R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © 2016 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - The practice of motivational interviewing (MI) has gained acceptance as an effective approach to support behavior change in various therapeutic contexts. In recent years, MI has been extended to clients within less traditional therapeutic settings including prisons and probation departments. Despite the known strengths of MI for positively affecting behavioral change in therapeutic contexts, the extent to which probation officers are able to effectively utilize MI remains unknown. The current study utilizes self-report responses from 485 probationers to assess the internal consistency and factor structure of the Client Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing (CEMI) as a tool for gathering feedback on MI fidelity in probation. Confirmatory factor analysis found two distinct MI factors to exist among this client base—technical and relational aspects of MI. Results suggest the CEMI is an effective tool to determine community corrections clients’ self-perceptions of probation officer’s use of MI-consistent techniques.
AB - The practice of motivational interviewing (MI) has gained acceptance as an effective approach to support behavior change in various therapeutic contexts. In recent years, MI has been extended to clients within less traditional therapeutic settings including prisons and probation departments. Despite the known strengths of MI for positively affecting behavioral change in therapeutic contexts, the extent to which probation officers are able to effectively utilize MI remains unknown. The current study utilizes self-report responses from 485 probationers to assess the internal consistency and factor structure of the Client Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing (CEMI) as a tool for gathering feedback on MI fidelity in probation. Confirmatory factor analysis found two distinct MI factors to exist among this client base—technical and relational aspects of MI. Results suggest the CEMI is an effective tool to determine community corrections clients’ self-perceptions of probation officer’s use of MI-consistent techniques.
KW - motivational interviewing
KW - probation
KW - therapeutic alliance
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U2 - 10.1177/0093854816639082
DO - 10.1177/0093854816639082
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84978066043
SN - 0093-8548
VL - 43
SP - 1095
EP - 1106
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
IS - 8
ER -