Is there an association between empathic speech and change talk in motivational interviewing sessions

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-18

  Fischer, Daniel J ^a,b   Moyers, Theresa B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA)   (Mexico)

Author keywords

change talk; empathy; Motivational Interviewing; sustain talk

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CHANGE TALK; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CODING; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPATHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NORMAL HUMAN; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SPEECH; TRAINING;

EID: 84891857715     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: 15444538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2014.856225     Document Type: Article

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