Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing with Justice-involved People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Psychosoc Interv · 2025 · PMC12097221 · PMID 40405915

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Participants in interventions incorporating MI showed a trend toward lower dropout rates compared to those in interventions without MI ( OR = -0.34, 95% CI [-0.74, 0.05], p = .08) ( Figure 4 ).

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For dropout rates, evidence favored MI, although results did not reach statistical significance.

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