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 concep ... read full excerpt from Handbook of Motivational Counseling: Concepts, Approaches, and Assessment ebook
