Effectiveness of Motivation Skills Training (MST)

Part of paid clinical trials in New York, New York.

Sponsor
Columbia University
Study ID
NCT05805397
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 65 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Motivation Skills Training — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will complete a baseline assessment, receive weekly MST sessions in a group format for a duration of 12 weeks, and will then repeat the assessment battery from baseline immediately following treatment completion and 2-months after.
  • Healthy Behaviors Control Group — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will complete a baseline assessment, receive weekly HBC sessions in a group format for a duration of 12 weeks, and will repeat the assessment battery from baseline immediately following treatment completion and 2-months after.

Study Details

This study will take place at four outpatient clinics serving adults with serious mental illness. Informed consent will be obtained from N=80 individuals with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses (DSM)-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria to participate in a randomized controlled trial comparing Motivation Skills Training (MST) to a Healthy Behaviors Control (HBC) group. Eligible participants will receive a baseline assessment including sociodemographic and psychosocial assessments, measures of motivation, goal attainment, and quality of life, as well as measures of executive skills, community functioning, and psychiatric symptoms severity. Both MST and HBC will be implemented as once weekly group therapies. The treatment phase is approximately 12-14 weeks. MST will focus on motivation knowledge and self-regulation skills while HBC will focus on physical health and health-related skills.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 15, 2024
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2026
Completion
Nov 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Motivation Skills Training (MST)
    MST is a weekly group-based skills training intervention that aims to improve knowledge about one's level and sources of motivation, the ability to monitor and regulate (understand and manage) motivation so that one can better initiate and sustain goal-directed behavior
  • Active Comparator: Healthy Behaviors Control Group
    HBC is a weekly group-based intervention that provides psychoeducation and skills training to help individuals improve physical health

Primary Outcome Measure

Motivation and Pleasure Scale (MAP) [ Time Frame: 5 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
New York State Office of Mental HealthNew YorkNew York10032
Alice Medalia, PhD
The Bridge, Inc.New YorkNew York10025
Kizzy Massey

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