Therapist's Autonomy Support and Patient's Self-Criticism Predict Motivation during Brief Treatments for Depression

Autonomy and Autonomy Disturbances in Self‐Development and Psychopathology: Research on Motivation, Attachment, and Clinical Process

“…In some treatment approaches, support for autonomy is seen as important in its own right for building essential inner resources that can buffer vulnerabilities and enhance adjustment (e.g., ). Yet even when capacities for autonomy are not a focus, enhancing autonomous motivation for treatment enhances clinical success and engagement in behavior change over time (e.g., see Ng et al, 2012;Savard, Joussemet, Pelletier, & Mageau, 2013;Zuroff, Koestner, & Moskowitz, 2012).…”

An examination of the role of autonomous versus controlled motivation in predicting inpatient treatment outcome for anorexia nervosa

“…Available evidence suggests that autonomously motivated people have better outcomes in treatments for diverse problems, including cigarette smoking, obesity, alcohol abuse, and depression . In contrast, some evidence is available to suggest that controlled motivation has either no impact on outcome, or may even have negative ones . Likewise, pre‐treatment autonomous motivation has proven to predict better response in outpatients treated for bulimic syndromes or heterogeneous eating problems …”

“…7 In contrast, some evidence is available to suggest that controlled motivation has either no impact on outcome, or may even have negative ones. 8 Likewise, pretreatment autonomous motivation has proven to predict better response in outpatients treated for bulimic syndromes 9 or heterogeneous eating problems. 10 The present study sought to further evaluate the prognostic value of autonomous and controlled motivation constructs, this time examining whether or not these constructs predicted treatment response in sufferers of severe Anorexia Nervosa (AN), mainly characterized by pronounced weight loss, undergoing inpatient treatment.…”

Autonomy Support and Recovery Practice at a Psychosocial Clubhouse

“…Stemming from SDT (Deci & Ryan, ), autonomy support is a contemporary approach to delivering health care that suggests people's health has a greater chance of improving if health professionals validate the perspectives of consumers, provide opportunity for choice, and promote healthy behavior (Zuroff, Koestner, Moskowitz, McBride, & Bagby, ). Autonomy support emerged as an overarching theme that captured how staff embodied recovery practices, and how staff and members perceived recovery practices to be implemented at the clubhouse.…”