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Effects of Motivational Interviewing for Incarcerated Adolescents on Driving Under the Influence after Release
Author(s) -
Stein L. A. R.,
Colby Suzanne M.,
Barnett Nancy P.,
Monti Peter M.,
Golembeske Charles,
LebeauCraven Rebecca
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490601003680
Subject(s) - motivational interviewing , depression (economics) , psychology , driving under the influence , clinical psychology , injury prevention , relaxation (psychology) , poison control , medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency , psychological intervention , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Motivational Interviewing (MI) to reduce alcohol and marijuana‐related driving events among incarcerated adolescents was evaluated. Adolescents were randomly assigned to receive MI or Relaxation Training. Follow‐up assessment showed that, as compared to RT, adolescents who received MI had lower rates of drinking and driving, and being a passenger in a car with someone who had been drinking. Effects were moderated by levels of depression. At low levels of depression, MI evidenced lower rates of these behaviors; at high levels of depression, effects for MI and RT were equivalent. Similar patterns were found for marijuana‐related risky driving, but effects were nonsignificant.