Handbook of Motivational Counseling: Concepts, Approaches, and Assessment

"Motivation is a pervasive force that can affect well-being in a variety of life situations, from the more minor through to the ability to overcome addictions and other serious psychological problems. This book presents empirically supported theories (featuring current concerns theory), questionnaires based on these theories (highlighting the Motivational Structure Questionnaire) and varied interventions based on these, with special emphasis on Systematic Motivational Counselling but also including chapters on such approaches as Personality Systems Interaction Theory, expectancy-based approaches, Motivational Interviewing, logotherapy and several others. "

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Title of ebook: Handbook of Motivational Counseling: Concepts, Approaches, and Assessment
ISBN: 9780470092583
parent-ISBN: 9780470845172
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Internet download file size: 2288 kb
Published: 01-2004
Released online for download: 01-20-2004
Editor: Cox, W. Miles
Editor: Klinger, Eric

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Handbook of Motivational Counseling

Concepts, Approaches, and Assessment

Chapter One

Motivation and the Theory of Current Concerns

Eric Klinger University of Minnesota, Morris, USA and W. Miles Cox University of Wales, Bangor, UK

Synopsis.-This chapter introduces basic concepts of motivation and goal pursuit within the framework of the theory of current concerns. Behavior and experience are organized around the pursuit and enjoyment of goals. Accordingly, this chapter first discusses basic motivational concepts, which address the processes involved in choosing and pursuing goals. It examines how people choose goals and traces the effects on a person of having a goal, up to the point at which the person ... read full excerpt from Handbook of Motivational Counseling: Concepts, Approaches, and Assessment ebook

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