What is NOT a part of motivational interviewing (MI)?

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING principles (OARS): Open questions, Affirmations, Reflective listening, Summaries. Goals: increase SELF-EFFICACY (patient's belief they CAN change), explore ambivalence, elicit change talk. DECREASING self-efficacy (B) is the OPPOSITE of MI — MI aims to BUILD confidence and belief in the patient's ability to change. Motivating to change (A), asking about motives (C), and exploring ambivalence (D) are all MI components. B is the NOT-MI answer. B is correct.