I am working on adapting a measure to assess readiness and motivation to change in hoarding. I have been looking into measures used with those with alcohol addiction but there are mixed findings, particularly relating to predictive validity. I wondered if anyone knows what the gold standard measure for 'readiness/motivation to change' might be for any disorders?
I would say the URICA and URICA-S are measures that address what you are searching for - readiness to change applicable to any disorder. Whether it can be labeled a "gold-standard" I don´t know, however, it has been implemented in several studies in the last 30 years. One of my own manuscripts deals with the development of a shortened version of the URICA and comparison of eating disorder, somatoform and depressive patients motivational readiness on relation to therapeutic outcome (Mander et al., Psychotherapy, December 2012)
URICA is vague when assessing motivation for change
http://journals.lww.com/addictiondisorders/Abstract/publishahead/The_Predictive_Validity_of_the_URICA_in_a_Sample.99867.aspx
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