The Feasibility of Motivational Interviewing on Emotional Authenticity, Dispositional Optimism, And Academic Motivation Among Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Motivational interviewing, or MI, is a collaborative, person-centered counseling technique to uncover and enhance a person's motivation for behavior change . MI was first created for the treatment of substance dependence, but it has since been successfully implemented in several fields, including healthcare and education (. Given the vital role that nursing students play in the healthcare system, Saudi Arabia, like many other nations, has realized how important it is to improve the motivation and well-being of its nursing students

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Nursing Students
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

Detailed Description

This study aims to fill the existing research gap by investigating the feasibility of implementing MI techniques to enhance emotional authenticity, dispositional optimism, and academic motivation among nursing students. By focusing on emotional authenticity, dispositional optimism, and academic motivation among nursing students, the study aims to shed light on the effectiveness of MI techniques in addressing the unique challenges faced by this specific population.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Alexandria, Egypt
    • Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria university

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male students to decrease confounding factors, not participating in any type of psychotherapy, and willing to participate in the current study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students who complained of any mental disorders or had a previous history of mental problems

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: MI; Participants in the study group ill obtain six MI sessions. According to Miller and Rollnick's principles, the motivational interviewing group's framework was inspired by the six motivational interviewing sessions in the intervention's booklet Based on the assumption that six to twelve persons in a group are usually necessary for group therapy to be effective, a group of seven students was formed .	Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing; Motivational interviewing, or MI, is a collaborative, person-centered counseling technique to uncover and enhance a person's motivation for behavior change
No Intervention: Control; The control group will receive only the routine teaching with no extra interventions

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Kernis-Goldman Authenticity Inventory	The KGAI-3, developed by Kernis and Goldman in 2006, is a 45-item authenticity test of four dimensions. Responses are provided on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree"	3 months
The Life Orientation Test-Revised form for Adolescents	The original LOT-R is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure dispositional optimism. It was developed by (Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994). The questionnaire consists of ten items: four "filler" items (2, 5, 6, and 8) and three positively formulated things (1, 4, and 10), three negatively formulated items (3, 7, and 9).	3 months
Academic Motivation Scale	The Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) is the most popular tool for evaluating academic motivation. (Orsini et al., 2015). A 7-point Likert scale is used to rate each of the 28 items. The self-determination theory, which emphasizes the approach to human motivation and personality, is the theoretical foundation of the AMS	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Alexandria University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 20, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 15, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 7, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): April 11, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 11, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 7, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 3-2024

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No