Name of Project: Treatment Motivation in Drug
Users
Principal Investigator: Douglas Longshore, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Cheryl Teruya, Ph.D.
Project Director: Luis Santiago
Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA)
Funding Period: June 1999-May 2004
Scope of Project: It is commonly believed that
drug abuse treatment success depends largely on the client’s
motivation during a given episode of treatment and over the course
of the treatment career. But treatment motivation has shown only
modest predictive value in drug-abuse research, and the concept
of treatment motivation is not yet well
understood with regard to drug users. This observational study
is designed to examine correlates of motivation for treatment
and motivation to quit drug use, and to identify variables that
moderate the power of motivation as a predictor of treatment retention
and outcomes. Phase 1 of the study includes secondary analyses
of in-house datasets to explore the psychometrics of treatment
motivation measures as a function of drug users’ treatment
careers and other characteristics. Phase 2 involves primary cross-sectional
data collection to better understand and test motivation measures
and other
cognitive variables that may affect the relevance of motivation
for treatment success. Phase 3 involves longitudinal primary data
collection to examine the predictive value of treatment motivation.
For more information, contact Douglas
Longshore.
Last updated - 07/29/2003
Last reviewed - 07/28/2003