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Section 3
Reducing Client Ambivalence and Reinforcing Change Talk

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- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2019). Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Use Disorder Treatment. HHS Publication No. PEP19-02-01-003. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 38-40.

Update
The impact of motivational interviewing on behavioural change
and health outcomes in cancer patients and survivors.
A systematic review and meta-analysis

- Harkin, K., Apostolopoulos, V., Tangalakis, K., Irvine, S., Tripodi, N., & Feehan, J. (2023). The impact of motivational interviewing on behavioural change and health outcomes in cancer patients and survivors. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Maturitas, 170, 9–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.01.004

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Gaume, J., Magill, M., Gmel, G., & Daeppen, J.-B. (2021). Motivational interviewing technical and relational skills, change talk, and alcohol outcomes—A moderated mediation analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(8), 707–716.

Janssen, T., Magill, M., Mastroleo, N. R., Laws, M. B., Howe, C. J., Walthers, J. W., Monti, P. M., & Kahler, C. W. (2019). The role of therapist MI skill and client change talk class membership predicting dual alcohol and sex risk outcomes. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(9), 1527–1543.

Magill, M., Apodaca, T. R., Borsari, B., Gaume, J., Hoadley, A., Gordon, R. E. F., Tonigan, J. S., & Moyers, T. (2018). A meta-analysis of motivational interviewing process: Technical, relational, and conditional process models of change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(2), 140–157.

Norris, C. J., & Wu, E. (2021). Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative: Reducing ambivalence through instructed emotion regulation. Emotion, 21(3), 499–512.

QUESTION 3
In MI, a goal is to evoke change talk and minimize evoking or reinforcing sustaining talk in counseling sessions. What are examples of different kinds of change talk? To select and enter your answer go to Test.