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Motivation for Daily Living Skills in Autistic Young Adults

This study is for autistic young adults, aged 16 to 25, who want to improve their daily living skills. It explores three different ways to boost motivation: Intrinsic Motivation Treatment, Extrinsic Motivation Treatment, or a combination of both. These treatments use behavioral approaches, like Motivational Interviewing, to help you find your personal reasons for making changes or to set up reward systems. The main goal is to see if these treatments can improve your motivation to complete daily living skills, help you do skills you want to do more often, and make you feel more empowered. We are looking for 180 participants, and the study's current status is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 180 participants aged 16-25 who have an autism diagnosis. It tests three different behavioral treatments: Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, and a Combined approach.
What's involved
You would participate in five clinical sessions, each lasting 60 to 90 minutes. Your motivation to change will be measured for up to 9 weeks.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your motivation to change will be measured for up to 9 weeks after the intervention.

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NCT07159308

Motivation for Daily Living Skills

Recruiting
NAAges 16–25InterventionalTreatment
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
~180 participants
Updated 2025-10-02 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Intrinsic Motivation TreatmentExtrinsic Motivation TreatmentCombined Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Treatment

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Motivation to Change
Measured over Up to 9 weeks.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Motivation

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • CHOP Center for Advanced Behavioral Healthcare

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Benjamin E Yerys, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Who to contact

Benjamin E Yerys, PhD
[email protected]
267-425-1173
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Age 16-25 years
Participants reporting an autism diagnosis from a qualified provider (Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Developmental Pediatrician, Neurologist). When possible, diagnosis will be confirmed through the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Must identify an important person who is able to communicate by understanding and speaking full sentences in English
Ability to communicate by understanding and using full sentences in English
Informed Consent
Be willing to have sessions audio- and video-recorded
Age 18 years or older
Must attend at least 15 minutes of each treatment session
Ability to communicate by understanding and using full sentences in English
Informed consent
Be willing to have sessions audio- and video-recorded

Exclusion

Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability
Participant is currently considered a suicide risk in the opinion of the Investigator or is currently demonstrating active suicidal or homicidal ideation or self-injurious behavior.
Current, comorbid psychiatric disorder with sufficiently intense symptoms in the opinion of the Investigator that these symptoms may confound treatment.
Changes to mental health treatment plan (ex. starting or ending therapy or psychotropic medications over the course of this intervention).
Participation in a prior trial of our intrinsic motivation condition

What this trial measures

  • Motivation to ChangeUp to 9 weeks.

    The primary outcome measure for this study is the individual's motivation to change and improve upon their daily living skill. Motivation will be measured through 4 separate questions that ask about one's desire, ability, need, and commitment to change. All 4 questions will use the same scale, which ranges from 1 - 10. A total score will be used as the measure. This total score will be calculated by adding the score from each individual question. A higher score indicates a greater level of motivation.