Motivational interviewing as an intervention to increase adolescent self-efficacy and promote weight loss: methodology and design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood obesity is associated with serious physiological and psychological consequences including type 2 diabetes, higher rates of depression and low self-esteem. With the population of overweight and obese youth increasing, appropriate interventions are needed that speak to the issue of readiness to change and motivation to maintain adherence to healthy behavior changes. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a method of therapy found to resolve ambivalence, enhance intrinsic motivation and promote confidence in a person's ability to make behavior changes. While MI has shown promise in the adult obesity literature as effecting positive lifestyle change, little is known about the effectiveness of MI with overweight and obese youth. This study aims to: 1) demonstrate that MI

SUBMITTER: Walpole B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3144459 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature