Brief, peer-delivered motivational interview promotes help seeking behavior among college students with needle anxiety: A randomized controlled trial

Investigating the Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on Social Anxiety and Academic Procrastination among Students

“…The findings indicate that motivational interviewing was effective in reducing students' academic procrastination and social anxiety. In recent decades, the application of motivational interviewing in educational and training fields has expanded, suggesting a positive impact of this intervention on improving academic performance and reducing students' problems, such as lack of motivation (Finitsis et al, 2022). This research demonstrated that motivational interviewing could be a strategy for promoting change in educational settings.…”

“…Similarly, Finitsis et al (2020) investigated the effectiveness of motivational interviewing in increasing help-seeking behavior and improving anxiety disorder. Their results indicated that after the motivational interviewing intervention, the post-test scores of the experimental group significantly changed, showing a significant increase in help-seeking behavior and a significant reduction in anxiety, while no such change was observed in the control group's post-test scores (Finitsis et al, 2022). Gurumoorthy & Kumar (2020) also concluded in their study that motivational interviewing serves as an effective intervention in treating academic procrastination and can be used to significantly reduce students' academic procrastination (Gurumoorthy & Kumar, 2020).…”

“…Social anxiety, characterized by a significant and debilitating fear of social situations where individuals fear being judged or negatively evaluated by others (Ahmadi & Valizadeh, 2021;Barrett et al, 2018;Finitsis et al, 2022;Marker et al, 2020), has been effectively addressed through the application of motivational interviewing techniques. Research suggests that motivational interviewing, with its client-centered approach and focus on resolving ambivalence towards change, can significantly reduce symptoms of social anxiety by enhancing individuals' motivation to engage in therapeutic activities and confront anxiety-provoking situations (Finitsis et al, 2022;Law et al, 2019). Researchers emphasized the importance of motivational interviewing in treating anxiety disorders by promoting a sense of empowerment and self-efficacy in clients.…”

“…The therapeutic method examined in this research in connection with social anxiety is motivational interviewing. In motivational interviewing, efforts are made to encourage changes by avoiding labeling and accepting the idea that clients have the choice to make decisions (Finitsis et al, 2022;Hosseini et al, 2020;Madson et al, 2009). Various research results have shown the effects of this type of therapy on anxiety.…”

“…Various research results have shown the effects of this type of therapy on anxiety. Researchers have addressed the effectiveness of motivational interviewing therapy for treating anxiety disorders in their studies (Ahmadi & Valizadeh, 2021;Finitsis et al, 2022;Law et al, 2019;Marker et al, 2020). After implementing motivational M interviewing intervention, desirable changes in behavior were observed, and help-seeking behavior significantly increased, while anxiety significantly decreased, whereas this change was not observed in the post-test scores of the control group.…”