Cultural Adaptations of Motivational Interviewing: A Systematic Review

Overview

Journal Psychol Serv

Specialties Health Services
Psychiatry
Psychology

Date 2022 Feb 7

PMID 35130010

Authors

Kyle J Self

Brian Borsari

Benjamin O Ladd

Guerda Nicolas

Carolyn J Gibson

Kristina Jackson

Jennifer K Manuel

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Abstract

Motivational interviewing (MI; Miller & Rollnick, 2012) has expanded from treating substance use disorders to other health concerns across a range of racial-ethnic groups and ages. The spirit of MI lends itself well to working with culturally diverse populations by eliciting the client's values and goals in a collaborative and client-centered approach in pursuit of behavior change. Additionally, MI has been further adapted for use with racial-ethnic minority groups to enhance its effectiveness with specific populations. The aim of this review was to investigate existing cultural adaptations of MI (CAMI), their effectiveness, and to provide directions for future cultural adaptations in both research and clinical settings. This systematic review identified studies of CAMI over the past 20 years using MEDLINE/Pubmed and Embase. The final dataset consisted of 25 peer review studies. In the randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies that utilized a control condition ( = 17), 10 studies showed that the CAMI condition performed significantly better on at least the primary outcome measure than the control condition. All 10 studies adapted Context, Content, and Concepts-three of the dimensions of cultural adaptation defined by the ecological validity framework used in this study (Bernal et al., 1995). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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