NCT06474156

MOTIV8 - Treatment Motivation in Forensic Youth Treatment

Motiv8: Examining Treatment Motivation Among Youth and Parents in Forensic Treatment

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 16 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Amsterdam · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 12 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project entails to gain a deeper understanding of the development of treatment motivation over the course of intramural and outpatient forensic youth care. Research questions are 1) How does treatment motivation of youth and parents develop over the course of forensic systemic therapy, and following the transition from inpatient to outpatient therapy?; 2) Which client factors, interpersonal factors, and contextual characteristics moderate the development of treatment motivation?; 3) Which mechanisms play a role in the development of treatment motivation?; and 4) How does treatment motivation affect treatment retention and the achievement of primary therapy goals?

Detailed description

Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) has been shown to motivate youth and parents in forensic care for treatment. The current study will investigate the development of treatment motivation of youth and parents over the course of MDFT, offered in a juvenile justice center. Furthermore, mechanisms and moderators will be examined, in addition to the impact of treatment motivation on treatment retention and goal achievement. Two studies with a Multiple Case Experimental Design (MCED), one with an ABC design (A = baseline, B = residential MDFT, and C = outpatient MDFT) and one with an AB design, will be conducted. Juveniles who enter residential MDFT, during a short detention period (study 1; 10 cases) or during a longer detention period (study 2; 6 cases) will be recruited, as will their parents.

Conditions

• Motivation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Multidimensional Family Therapy	Multidimensional family therapy is a manualized,evidence-based, intensive intervention program with assessment and treatment modules focusing on four areas: (a) the individual adolescents' issues regarding substance use disorder, delinquency, and comorbid psychopathology, (b) the parents' child-rearing skills and personal functioning, (c) communication and relationship between adolescent and parent(s), and (d) interactions between family members and key social systems (Liddle, 2002).

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-05
• Primary completion: 2025-05-01
• Completion: 2025-10-01
• First posted: 2024-06-25
• Last updated: 2024-06-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands