Motivation for behavior change among sex offenders

Understanding service users’ and therapists’ experiences of pharmacological treatment for sexual preoccupation and/or hypersexuality in incarcerated sex offenders

“…Reduced motivation on release is a recognised concept and accentuates the importance in ensuring those involved in care in the community are aware of the potential need to re-engage offenders in treatment, even when motivation in prison was high (Barrett, Wilson & Long, 2003). This is particularly the case as the association between motivation and increased responsibility to change is an established phenomenon within sexual offender treatment (Garland & Dougher, 1991;Tierney & McCabe, 2002).…”

Examining the process of offender change: the transition to crime desistance

“…Transition does not only reflect a new way of life for an offender, but initiates the offender into the realization that ongoing maintenance will be required for success. Beyond this, institution-based rehabilitation must recognize that success can only be claimed if offenders are able to take their new skills and apply them to high-risk situations in the community and, more than that, sustain motivation to learn new skills from their community experiences (Tierney & McCabe, 2002). The critical element of wide-reaching shifts in internal motivation and perspective that allow these important external reductions in risk have not been and cannot be captured within the crime acquisition perspective with its focus on risk assessment.…”

Motivation to change in eating disorder patients: A conceptual clarification on the basis of self-determination theory

“…With a few exceptions in previous decades (e.g., Engel & Wilms, 1986), since the 1990s, the interest in motivational dynamics has increased exponentially, presumably because most clinicians and researchers agree with the contention that motivational deficits are pervasive among ED patients (Geller, 2002a;Mizes, 1998;Orimoto & Vitousek, 1992;Touyz, Thornton, Rieger, George, & Beumont, 2003;Vitousek, 2002;Vitousek, Watson, & Wilson, 1998). This increasing interest followed a general trend in the last decade during which motivational issues captured the attention of various researchers in a variety of clinically domains, such as substance use disorders and sexual offenses (Drieschner, Lammers, & van der Staak, in press;Tierney & McCabe, 2002).…”