Session 3: Using Motivational Interviewing in Treatment of Pediatric Obesity

1. Motivational interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based method for promoting change and growth.

a) True
b) False

2. MI can facilitate increased readiness to change by amplifying the importance of the change and/or the person’s confidence.

a) True
b) False

3. Ambivalence is simultaneously wanting to and not wanting to change.

a) True
b) False

4. Motivational interviewing is not:

a) A fast track to patient compliance
b) Advice or a proscriptive set of skills to apply in a certain order
c) Directive or passive
d) An inherent skill that some people have
e) All of the above

5. MI uses open-ended questions to help the facilitator learn and create forward momentum towards the goal set by the patient.

a) True
b) False

6. The following skill(s) is/are necessary when practicing the use of MI to promote behavior change:

a) Engaging
b) Focusing
c) Evoking
d) Planning
e) All of the above

7. Summarizing what the patient has said helps to continue focusing the conversation.

a) True
b) False

8. The following help practitioners guide individuals towards change with the use of MI:

a) Partnership
b) Acceptance
c) Compassion
d) Empowerment
e) All of the above

9. By increasing the ratio of change talk to sustain talk, the likelihood of that change increases.

a) True
b) False