The study is a randomized controlled trial of a single-session behavioral economics (research combining the areas of economics, social psychology, and cognitive psychology) intervention (i.e., BEAST) is a"warrior-culture" consistent (i.e., focusing on positive soldier traits, solving practical problems), highly scalable, and extremely brief (10-minute) intervention to encourage treatment seeking among MS National Guard problems for various life stressors. Participants will be 112 National Guard members. It is hypothesized that BEAST will lead to more self-reported motivation to seek treatment and more actual treatment seeking behavior.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
112
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University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
Psychosocial Treatments Interview-Revised
Measure changes in treatment seeking behavior
Time frame: 1 month post intervention
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment
Measure motivation to change the target behavior
Time frame: 1 month post intervention
Psychosocial Treatments Interview-Revised
Measure changes in treatment seeking behavior
Time frame: 3 month post intervention
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment
Measure motivation to change the target behavior
Time frame: 3 month post intervention
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