Zieschank, Kirsty 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9707-6647
(2015)
Examining the impact of youth motivation on treatment compliance, within face-to-face versus online treatment interventions for anxiety.
Honours thesis,
University of Southern Queensland.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent in youth and are associated with significant adverse outcomes, and currently less than 20% of affected youth receive help (Huberty, 2012). Known barriers such as access to therapists, stigma, and financial cost may be overcome via Internet-based treatments interventions. Online interventions have established treatment efficacy for various mental health problems, yet there are demonstrated problems with compliance (Spence et al., 2006). Motivation is a commonly hypothesised factor for predicting compliance with treatment interventions, although it has not been examined thoroughly in youth samples. It is unclear if motivation for treatment differs between online and traditional face-to-face (F2F) treatment interventions. This study examines youth’s motivation for treatment within the context of the BRAVE Program; a youth anxiety intervention that is available in both F2F and online formats. The study has two aims: to examine whether youth’s motivation for treatment differs between online and F2F treatment formats and explore whether motivation affects treatment compliance differently between treatment modalities. Eighty-eight clinically anxious, 12 to 18 year old adolescents were randomly assigned to either online (NET) or face-to-face (CLINIC) delivery modes of the BRAVE Program. Motivation was measured using a 26-item MOTIVATE scale and compliance was assessed by the number of program sessions completed by the postassessment point. It was expected that a) motivation levels would be higher for participants receiving the face-to-face intervention rather than online intervention, and b) that higher levels of motivation would predict greater compliance with treatment, and would be most important for participants in the online intervention group. Findings may help determine whether motivation is important in online youth interventions, and guide further research examining methods for increasing youth engagement and outcomes in online interventions.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Sonja March |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2025 01:43 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2025 01:43 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | motivation, compliance, online interventions |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52907 |
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