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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 May 21;97(1-2):130–138. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.03.018

Table 5.

Untrained benchmark and proposed proficiency standards for VASE-R

Untrained benchmark Beginning proficiency Expert proficiency
Full score VASE-R (range = 0–36) 18 26 31
 Reflective listening (0–8) 5 6 7
 Responding to resistance (0–10) 6 8 9
 Summarizing (0–6) 1 3 5
 Eliciting change talk (0–6) 3 4 5
 Developing discrepancy (0–6) 3 4 5
 Lisa vignette (0–12) 6 9 11
 Ulysses vignette (0–12) 6 9 10
 Bailey vignette (0–12) 5 8 10

Notes: Untrained benchmark (N = 129) are the scores from participants at pre-training in the community sample that had not received prior MI training via a workshop (lasting at least 1 day). Beginning Proficiency scores, are based on calculated cut scores considering means and variability of the untrained community sample and expert sample. Expert scores are based on means of 66 members of the MINT. All scores were rounded to the nearest whole number. As a result, sums of subscales may not match total scores.