ISSN: 0798-1015 https://www.revistaespacios.com 226 Educación • Education • Educação • Vol. 41 (37) 2020 • Art. 18 Recibido/Received: 31/07/2020 • Aprobado/Approved: 28/08/2020 • Publicado/Published: 01/10/2020 Parenting in the spirit of motivational interviewing Crianza de los hijos en el espíritu de las entrevistas motivacionales ESHDAT, Arie 1 RUIZ-ESTEBAN, Cecilia 2 MENDEZ, Inmaculada 3 Abstract Motivational interviewing (MI) is a brief client-centered intervention that increases intrinsic motivation for change. MI is applied in a variety of fields, but not in the field of parenting. The present study is a preparation for adapting MI to the field of parenting. The study uses a semi-structured questionnaire to examine existing parenting patterns in light of the MI spirit. The results show a fit of common parenting patterns to three of the four components of MI spirit. key words: motivational interviewing; values internalization; parenting. Resumen La Entrevista motivacional (MI) es una intervención centrada en el cliente que aumenta la motivación intrínseca para el cambio. MI se aplica en una variedad de campos, pero no en el campo de la paternidad. El presente estudio intenta adaptar el MI al campo de la crianza. Se utiliza un cuestionario semiestructurado para examinar los patrones de crianza existentes a la luz del espíritu de MI. Los resultados muestran un ajuste de patrones de crianza comunes a tres de los cuatro componentes de MI. Palabras clave: entrevista motivacional; internalización de valores; crianza. 1. Introduction In the past four decades, motivational interviewing (MI) (Miller & Rollnick, 2013) has received increasing research support (NREPP, 2013) and practical application (Lundahl et al., ( 2010). In addition to applications in the various fields of psychotherapy, recently applications in the field of education have been added (Rollnick et al., Kaplan, & Rutschman, 2016). Along with this significant growth, applications of access in the parenting field have not yet been developed. MI is a “form of conversation that is based on cooperation in order to enhance the client's motivation and commitment to change” (Miller & Rollnick, 2013, p. 12). This approach was first published by Miller (1983) as a method to work with clients who struggle with drinking problems, to recruit them for treatment, but over time, evidences accumulated for the fact that it is effective as a therapeutic process in itself as well, with empirical evidence for the efficiency of the treatment used for reducing alcohol abuse and many other areas (Lundahl et 1 Doctoral student. Department of developmental and educational Psychology. University of Murcia. aeshdat@gmail.com 2 Senior Lecturer. Developmental and Educational Psychology. University of Murcia. cruiz@um.es 3 Lecturer. Developmental and Educational Psychology. University of Murcia. inmamendez@um.es