Effects of Motivational Interviewing Training in Career Counseling: A Pilot Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-294
Author(s):  
Shékina Rochat
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Change Talk ◽  
School Based ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Interviewing Skills ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
The Impact

Motivational interviewing (MI) is receiving increasing attention in the field of career counseling. Using a quasi-experimental design, this pilot study examines the impact of MI training on career counselors’ behaviors and clients’ talk within audio-recorded interviews. Eight school-based career counselors participated in the study. They audio-recorded their interviews with 30 students prior to MI training and with 32 students after it. Counselors’ behaviors and students’ talk were coded using the Motivational Interviewing Skills Code 2.1. The results demonstrate mixed outcomes in terms of career counselors’ MI proficiency after the training. Career counselors’ proficiency improved in some of the indicators (percentages of MI-consistent behaviors and reflections-to-questions ratio) and worsened in others (percentages of complex reflections [% REC] and open questions). Reaching proficiency in the % REC influenced students’ change talk, but reaching proficiency in the % MICO did not. Implications for MI training and research in career counseling are discussed.

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment/Motivational Interviewing School-Based Therapy Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Williams ◽  
Eun Jin Lee ◽  
Michele Wilmoth ◽  
Candice Selwyn ◽  
Katherine Bydalek
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
School Based

scholarly journals Examining the Efficacy of a ‘Feasible’ Nudge Intervention to Increase the Purchase of Vegetables by First Year University Students (17–19 Years of Age) in British Columbia: A Pilot Study

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Mistura ◽  
Nicole Fetterly ◽  
Ryan E. Rhodes ◽  
Dona Tomlin ◽  
Patti-Jean Naylor
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Overlapping Data ◽  
Fresh Vegetables ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
The Impact

In the transition from high school to university, vegetable consumption tends to deteriorate, potentially influencing immediate and longer-term health outcomes. Nudges, manipulation of the environment to influence choice, have emerged as important to behavior change goals. This quasi-experimental pilot study examined the impact of a contextually feasible evidence-informed nudge intervention on food purchasing behavior of older adolescents (1st year students) in a university residence cafeteria in British Columbia, Canada. A co-design process with students and staff identified a student relevant and operationally feasible nudge intervention; a placement nudge, fresh vegetables at the hot food table, combined with a sensory and cognitive nudge, signage encouraging vegetable purchase). Using a 12-week single-case A-B-A-B design, observations of the proportion of vegetables purchased were used to assess intervention efficacy. Data analysis included visual trend inspection, central tendency measures, data overlap, variability and latency. Visual trend inspection showed a positive trend when nudges were in place, which was more apparent with female purchases and during the first intervention (B) phase. However, further analysis showed lack of baseline stability, high variability across phases and overlapping data, limiting efficacy conclusions. Menu choices, staff encouragement, term timing and student finances are other potential influences. Further ‘real world’ nudge research is needed.

Counselor motivational interviewing skills and young adult change talk articulation during brief motivational interventions

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Gaume ◽  
Nicolas Bertholet ◽  
Mohamed Faouzi ◽  
Gerhard Gmel ◽  
Jean-Bernard Daeppen
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Change Talk ◽  
Motivational Interventions ◽  
Interviewing Skills

scholarly journals Students' self-perceptions of mindfulness after learning mindfulness techniques in a professional skills course

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dara Dirhan ◽  
Alessandra Sarcona
Keyword(s):  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Mindful Attention ◽  
Interviewing Skills ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽  
The Impact

In this paper we describe the effect of incorporating two mindfulness techniques (keeping a diary and motivational interviewing) in a professional skills course, and the impact these had on students’ self-perceptions of mindfulness. Over the course of a fourteen-week semester, students were asked to keep a diary at four different time points and were also taught motivational interviewing skills, which they had to apply to a four-part counseling project. Using a pre-post study design and the validated tool, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), we meausred students’ perceptions of mindfulness pre-course and post-course. Results from the study indicated that students’ perceptions of mindfulness significantly increased from pre-course to post-course. Further, most students agreed that both the diary assignments and practicing motivational interviewing increased mindfulness from pre-course to post-course. Additionally, a majority of students reported that practicing motivational interviewing enhanced their counseling skills on the four-part counseling project, and that the four diary assignments improved their writing skills. This study underscores the importance of incorporating mindfulness techniques into a professional skills course to increase students’ mindfulness, which can further benefit the student by increasing students’ professional skills to become more competent counselors and writers.

scholarly journals Quasi-experimental study of decision-making under conditions of equal choice

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
A.N. Lebedev
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Cognitive Sciences ◽  
The Third ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

The problem of decision-making in the situation of choice among equivalent alternatives is considered in the article. This problem is relevant for behavioral and cognitive Sciences, as well as for practice. At present, it does not have an unambiguous solution. For the first time the problem has been formulated in philosophy and described by the famous parable of Buridan’s donkey. In experimental psychology, the complexity of the problem was shown in the experiment of Nisbett R.T. and Wilson T.D., who offered the subjects to choice one from four identical goods in the supermarket. It has been shown that this choice is not accidental. Most buyers prefer a product that lies fourth on the storefront but do not realize it. The researchers concluded that in a situation of equal choice, the factor of place of goods on display is significant. The proposed article refers to a pilot study of the impact of different ways of presenting subjects with equivalent alternatives to choose from. Three groups of subjects were asked to make a choice in three different situations: to randomly select and cross out one cell in the rows of the figure in the form of a ladder and a pyramid (from 2 to 20). The third group was offered a situation of “distribution of 11 financial funds between 12 unfamiliar managers” sitting at a round table. The study showed that in the first two cases there is a tendency to choose alternatives that are at the center of the proposed figures. In the third case, there is a tendency to “allocate funds in the form of a clock face”. However, many subjects seem to apply some of their strategies of choice and are not aware of them. In practice, such choice is going to be irrational and often unpredictable.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a universal school-based programme for preventing depression in Chinese adolescents: A quasi-experimental pilot study

2012 ◽  
Vol 142 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 106-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W.C. Wong ◽  
King-Wa Fu ◽  
Kim Y.K. Chan ◽  
Wincy S.C. Chan ◽  
Patricia M.Y. Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
School Based ◽  
Quasi Experimental
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