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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Consult Clin Psychol. 2017 Dec 21;86(2):140–157. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000250

Table 5.

Global path studies of the MI Technical Hypothesis

First Author (date) n Session min.a MI type Target Behavior Follow-up Time point Effect Size (r)
Apodaca (2013)b 195 49.98 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome – MI   .04
MI Spirit to Outcome – MI −.03
Empathy to Outcome - MI+SO 167 47.26 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo −.06
MI Spirit to Outcome - MI+SO −.01

Apodaca (2014)b 92 53.40 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome −.05
MI Spirit to Outcome −.03

Bertholet (2014)/Saitz (2007) 124 25.50 MI/BMI poly-drug 7+ mo
Empathy to Outcome   .06
MI Spirit to Outcome   .03

Borsari Site 1 (2015) 91 46.93 BASICS alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome −.28*
MI Spirit to Outcome −.30*

Borsari Site 2 (2015) 160 52.68 BASICS alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome −.13
MI Spirit to Outcome −.18*

Feldstein Ewing (2015)c 65 60.00 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome −.17
MI Spirit to Outcome −.18

Gaume (2008 a, b & 2009) 97 15.00 MI/BMI alcohol 7+ mo
Empathy to Outcome −.24*
MI Spirit to Outcome −.16

Gaume (2010 & 2013) 149 25.00 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome   .06
MI Spirit to Outcome   .04

Gaume (2016) 208 25.00 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome   .01
MI Spirit to Outcome   .02

Kahler (2016) 90 63.00 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome   .07
MI Spirit to Outcome   .09

Kaplan (2013)c 33 25.20 MI/BMI medication adherence 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome   .28
MI Spirit to Outcome   .31

Knittle (2014) 27 33.10 MI/BMI physical activity 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome −.09
MI Spirit to Outcome −.19

Lee (2013)c, d 47 60.00 MI/BMI other drug 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome   .06
MI Spirit to Outcome   .00

Mastroleo (2014)c 53 32.20 BASICS alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome   .13
MI Spirit to Outcome   .23

McCambridge (2011)c 73 27.00 MI/BMI other drug 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome   .01
MI Spirit to Outcome −.13

Pirlott (2012) 43 45.00 MI/BMI nutrition 7+ mo
Empathy to Outcome −.19
MI Spirit to Outcome −.14

Tollison (2008)c 53 60.00 BASICS alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome   .17
MI Spirit to Outcome −.01

Tollison (2013)c 302 52.50 BASICS alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome −.05
MI Spirit to Outcome   .02

Vader (2010) 30 45.00 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo
Empathy to Outcome - MIF −.34
MI Spirit to Outcome - MIF −.31
Empathy to Outcome - MIO 30 45.00 MI/BMI alcohol 0-6 mo −.05
MI Spirit to Outcome - MIO   .09

Notes.

***

p < .001;

**

p < .005;

*

p < .05;

p < .10.

mo = month; wk = week; min = minutes; CT = change talk; MI = motivational interviewing; MICO = MI consistent; MIIN = MI inconsistent; MI+SO = MI with significant-other participation; MIF =MI with feedback; MIO = MI other.

a

Session length in minutes based on published report or target session length.

b

Trimmed estimate with study removed due to less than fair interrater reliability is (r = −.04, 95% CI [−.10, .03]; p = .242, k = 18, Q > .05).

c

Study used a measure to code in-session behaviors other than MISC [e.g. MITI 2.0 (Moyers et al., 2005), 3.0 (Moyers et al., 2007), 3.1.1 (Moyers et al., 2010), PEPA (Mastroleo, 2009)].

d

Included study as part of a larger observational measurement development project (Atkins et al., 2014).