A new instrument to assess participant motivation for involvement in preventive interventions.

The Nijmegen Motivation List for Prevention (NML-P) is a new instrument to assess the motivation of participants for involvement in preventive group interventions. The aim of the current study was to explore the underlying dimensions of the NML-P and the predictive potential of the instrument for those participating in a psychoeducational preventive group intervention for depression: the Coping with Depression course. Principal component analyses revealed four components: readiness to participate, social support, doubt, and burden. Preliminary prediction analyses showed doubt, support, and burden to be related to the outcome of the depression prevention intervention. Copyright 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.