NCT05917977

Collective Motivational Interviewing (CMI) for Adolescents With Internet Gaming Disorder

A Randomized Controlled Study of Collective Motivational Interviewing (CMI) for Adolescents With Internet Gaming Disorder

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 172 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hong Kong College of Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study examines the efficacy of CMI in reducing adolescent IGD symptoms and enhancing social support given by CSOs among adolescents with high risk of IGD (probable IGD cases screened positive by validated tools). It is hypothesized that the intervention group (with CMI plus IGD education materials for both the clients and his/her selected CSO) would show more improvements in reduction in the severity of IGD, motivation to change maladaptive gaming behaviour, craving on gaming, and social support obtained from CSOs than to the control group (only educational materials for both the client and the CSOs).

Detailed description

This study adopts a randomized controlled efficacy study with an open-label parallel-group design. The trial will be registered by the WHO's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform once the project is approved. Research participants will be recruited from the primary and secondary schools, and youth social services. After completing the screening process, research participants who are confirmed to fit the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to the intervention group with CMI intervention plus IGD education materials to both adolescents with IGD and their CSO or the control group with IGD education materials alone. The present study sets four-time points to track the change in the between-group difference of the primary and secondary outcomes from the baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T1), 3-month follow-up (T2), and 6-month follow-up (T3).

Conditions

• Internet Gaming Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Collective Motivational Interviewing plus Education Materials	The participants in the intervention group will receive IGD educational materials as well as four counseling sessions of CMI intervention.
OTHER	Control group (Education Materials)	The participants in the control group will receive IGD educational materials.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2023-06-26
• Last updated: 2024-10-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong