Motivational Interviewing Group to Address Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

The purpose of this doctoral project was to create a group treatment manual for adults diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, who were displaying adverse health behaviors that were modifiable by lifestyle change. In order to create the manual, an extensive literature review was conducted in the areas of the prevalence of chronic illness in the United States, cardiovascular disease and associated health risk factors, motivational interviewing, health behavior change, and group therapy with adults. The result is a manual consisting of 10 detailed weekly sessions, including pre/post outcome measures, complete with handouts and facilitator guidelines for working with this population.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral Project

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Salem, Salma A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Arechiga, Adam L.
• Herbozo, Sylvia M.

• Psychology
• Cardiovascular Diseases; Group Counseling; Group Psychotherapy
• Treatment manuals
• Cardiovascular disease
• Adverse Health Behaviors
• Group Therapy
• Lifestyle Change

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/151

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1150