Effectiveness of Motivational Enhancement Therapy on Selfefficacy among Patients with Substance Dependency: A Quantitative Analysis

Abstract

Background: Motivational Enhancement Therapy is permeated as a suggestive, client-focused interventional approach that supports modifying behavior by assisting patients in recognizing and sorting out the ambivalence for a change in oneself. Objective: The present study explored to evaluate and contrast the Motivational Enhancement Therapy’s effectiveness on Self-efficacy of patients having multiple substance dependencies before and after intervention using a control group. Methods: A purposive sample of 30 patients, meeting the ICD-10 diagnostic criterian was chosen from an indoor drug treatment center in Bhubaneswar. The study adopted a Randomized Control Group 
Designpriorto intervention. In Experimental group, 15 patients were received Motivational Enhancement Therapy for 10 sessions as well as counseling as normal. On the other hand, the Control group 15 patients were only received counseling as normal; and at the end of the intervention post level of Self-efficacy was assessed using the adopted standardized Odia version General Self-efficacy Scale developed by Fakir Mohan Sahoo (2006). Results:The result showed that Motivational 
Enhancement Therapy tried to reduce ambivalence to increase the level of Self-efficacy which directs the patients to maintain sobriety from multiple substance dependencies.