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The development of a coding system to code planning talk within motivational interviewing.

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Developing a scale to measure planning talk in motivational interviewing (MI) shows promise. Frequent planning may aid weight loss maintenance, while frequent goal setting appears to increase BMI and weight.

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  • Health Psychology
  • Clinical Intervention Research

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  • Motivational interviewing (MI) is a key behavioral change technique.
  • Understanding MI mechanisms, particularly planning, can enhance its effectiveness.
  • Planning is a crucial component of behavior change strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a scale for measuring planning talk within MI sessions.
  • To explore the association between planning talk and weight loss maintenance (WLM).

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and thematic analysis to develop a planning coding system.
  • Reliability testing of the coding system using MI examples and transcripts.
  • Application of the coding system to 50 MI sessions for association analysis with WLM.

Main Results:

  • The developed coding system captured various planning aspects (past, continuing, future, hypothetical, goal setting).
  • High inter-rater reliability was achieved (86% for examples, 75% for transcripts).
  • Frequent planners showed trends towards greater weight and BMI reduction, while frequent goal setters showed increased weight and BMI.

Conclusions:

  • Measuring planning talk in MI is feasible with acceptable reliability.
  • Preliminary findings suggest a potential association between planning and weight loss maintenance.
  • This study introduces the first scale to quantify planning in MI, highlighting its under-explored role.