Improving treatment motivation in individuals with psychosis: predictors of response to motivational enhancement

Impairments in motivation have long been considered a core feature of psychotic spectrum disorders (PSD; Kraepelin, 1919; cf Foussias and Remington, 2010) and significantly impede daily functioning and treatment efficacy (Chen, 1991; Foussias et al., 2014; Tattan and Creed, 2001). While investigators have had little success improving global motivation to engage in goal-directed behavior, there is some evidence that different components of motivation are only loosely related (e.g., state vs. trait motivation; general vs task-specific motivation) in part due to moderating or mediating influences of other variables (e.g., perceived competence, self-efficacy, causality orientation) (Breitborde et al., 2014; Choi et al., 2014).

Source: Psychiatry Research - May 15, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Benjamin L. Brett, Jessica E. McGovern, Jimmy Choi, Joanna M. Fiszdon Source Type: research