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Beyond training: Evaluation of practitioner behavior change booster components as part of a motivational interviewing training program.

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: = 33) participated in an MI training over 2 months and responded to a survey about engagement at midintervention. At baseline and postintervention, real or simulated conversations with service users were assessed using the social work and interviewing motivationally coding system to identify the use of MI skills. Survey responses were aggregated into an engagement index, and its relationship to mean social work and interviewing motivationally assessed skill change was explored, using visualization methods in R. Approximately half of the respondents found the workbook useful for learning MI, while the other half reported that the workbook was difficult to use. The use of the workbook and peer group support was positively but modestly associated with skill improvement. Structured program to support behavior change to take up MI can improve training results. Basing training materials on both behavior change science strategies and feedback from the trainees has the potential to overcome the knowledge-action gap in MI trainings and promote sustained, high-quality training results. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Psychological Services

DOI: 10.1037/ser0001011