Ch 16: Motivational Interviewing Flashcards
A client-centered coaching style that helps clients resolve ambivalence and elicit behavior change.
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
The state of having mixed feelings about change
Ambivalence
- A client with ambivalence wants to change and at the same time does not want to change.
Motivational interviewing helps:
Helps clients define their current and ideal selves and form a plan that moves the current self toward an ideal self. When an individual wants to change dietary behaviors to improve body composition, overall health, or athletic performance, motivational interviewing is a coaching approach that can be used to help clients change specific health behaviors
At its core, Motivational interviewing is:
Non-confrontational, collaborative, empathetic, and goal-oriented style of communication
In US, Percentage of Obese or Overweight Americans
70%
Rewards that are immediate – for example, the pleasure of eating high-sugar, high-fat foods.
Proximal Rewards
Rewards that are far away, such as a loss of 30 pounds.
Distal Rewards
The build-up of mental energy that drives the desire to behave in certain ways – behavior often needs plans.
Motivational Phase
Point where individuals decide how they will turn their motivation into behavior.
Planning Phase
Initial deliberative stages
Clients create a motivational foundation for implementing change
Implemental Stage
Clients plan when, where, and how to act. Plans will fail to drive action if a person questions the desirability or feasibility of the chosen goal
The collective reasons that drive a person to take action.
Motivation
- Brain processes that energize and direct behavior
- Motivation, as energy, is subject to change
- Has a direct relationship with planning as well as the execution of plans
if a client can strongly link their nutrition choices to valuable life outcomes:
Motivation should direct planning, prioritization, and action
Motivation Aspects
Goal
Vision
Admire
Support
Teamwork
Mentor
Performance
Success
A motivational theory that describes individuals psychological needs for growth – self-determination theory also describes different types of motivational regulation and considers these regulations anywhere on a continuum of motivation.
Self-Determination Theory (SDT)
A state in which a person is not motivated to behave.
Amotivation
Types of Motivation: Self-Determination Theory
Controlled: Amotivated-> External ->Introjected
Autonomous: Identified -> Integrated -> Intrinsic
Types of Motivation: Self-Determination Theory: Identified
The behavior is consistent with my goals
Types of Motivation: Self-Determination Theory: Integrated
The behavior is part of my Identity
Types of Motivation: Self-Determination Theory: Intrinsic
The behavior feels good
Those with motives who feel outside or internal pressure to do certain behaviors.
Controlled Motives
Behaviors that are enacted with a sense of volition and choice – autonomously motivated people want to do the behavior.
Autonomous Motives
Losing weight because there is a weight-loss challenge at work and the winning team gets a prize
Controlled Motives (External)
Losing weight because of the guilt of being overweight
Controlled Motives (Introjected)
The client believes that achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is personally important.
Autonomous Motives (Identified)
Losing weight because being healthy and fit is consistent with the client’s other health goals (e.g., running a half marathon)
Autonomous Motives (Integrated)
Behavior performed to achieve some external reward or to avoid punishment – it is reflective of complying with other people’s demands.
External Regulation
Behavior performed to avoid negative feelings (i.e., shame or guilt) or to enhance positive feelings (i.e., ego).
Introjected Regulation
Behavior performed because it is valued and personally important.
Identified Regulation
Behavior performed because it is fully congruent with a person’s values and needs.
Integrated Regulation
Less-depleting.
Autonomous Control
The support of a client regardless of what they say or do – it is the belief that the client is trying their best despite perceived destructive behaviors.
Unconditional Positive Regard (UPR)
The feeling of freedom from external influences or control – the individual is perceived to be the source of their own behavior.
Autonomy
Motivational Interviewing COmponents
Compassion, Collaboration, Acceptance, Evocation
Individuals that are met with negative regard
Less likely to communicate true feelings, have the desire to change, and lack awareness of true internal feelings.
When the client voices the benefits of change and disadvantages of staying the same.
Change Talk
Ambivalence
A person experiences ambivalence when there are competing demands between desirable behaviors
An individual’s ability to modify their behavior.
Self-Regulation
Self-regulation skills help clients resist negative external influences and are necessary for goal-directed behavior
Clients discover why the goal is important to them. They then create specific behavior-oriented goals based on what their values are.
Value Exploration
- Systematic examination of the relationship between life values and behavior change or maintenance
When values are prioritized, behaviors are linked with the client’s personal sense of a desired identity.
Value Prioritization
Personal goals that come from a value system enhance motivation by providing self-incentive and guidance for health habits