Feasibility, Acceptability, and Fidelity of Motivational Interviewing to Increase Maternal NICU Presence

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centered, goal-oriented psychotherapeutic intervention designed to enhance the recipient's motivation for and commitment to a target behavior or behavior change. MI's core action mechanisms include strengthening the recipient's change talk (e.g., assertions about desire and commitment toward the target behavior) and softening the recipient's sustain talk (e.g., statements about barriers). MI clinicians achieve these goals using specific micro-skills (e.g., reflective listening) that reflect MI's fundamental spirits (i.e. collaboration, acceptance, compassion, evocation.

TAU included the opportunity for mothers to meet with a NICU psychologist or psychology trainee at least once-per-week for supportive care.