The role of therapist MI skill and client change talk class membership predicting dual alcohol and sex risk outcomes

Objective We investigated the technical model of motivational interviewing (MI) in a dual‐outcome intervention (i.e., alcohol, sexual risk; N = 164; 57% female). Method We identified latent classes of client change statements, based on the proportion of change talk (CT) over the session. We then examined whether outcomes were related to CT class, and whether the relations between MI skill and outcomes varied by CT class. Results We found three...