BACKGROUND
mental disorders, asthma, illness
DISEASE, ASTHMA
The key principle of asthma control is higher self‐efficacy and stronger treatment adherence in patients (Bektas et al., In addition to self‐efficacy, adherence to treatment is the other factor related to control of the disease. Patients' understanding from illness and treatment plays an important role in adherence, which is often overlooked. The patient's decisions for follow‐up are heavily influenced by his beliefs and attitudes towards illness and treatment (Chiu et al., Some previous studies reported that adolescents with asthma suffer from a number of problems, including a recent study (Al Kindi et al., Motivational interviewing is an advisory and patient‐based approach that can be focused on the patients' challenges briefly; it was specially designed to provide incentives for change among the patients who are not ready for change (Borrelli et al., Despite the recent use of this method in the health systems, for health promotion, especially in the field of education and rehabilitation of mental disorders (Mirkarimi et al., The purpose of this study was to examine the short‐term effects of motivational interviewing on adherence and self‐efficacy in adolescents with asthma.