Goal‐Setting as a Motivational Technique for Neurorehabilitation

Goal-directed outpatient rehabilitation following TBI: A pilot study of programme effectiveness and comparison of outcomes in home and day hospital settings

“…Client-centred goal-planning serves as a motivational technique [6] and is acknowledged as important for engaging clients in the rehabilitation process [7][8][9]. While the 'client-centred' dimension has been endorsed in the literature, in practice, goal-setting is often still therapist-driven [10], particularly within traditional hospital rehabilitation settings.…”

Motivational Function of Plans and Goals

“…Guidelines for successful goal setting, which were formulated by Gauggel & Hoop (2003) and Locke (1996) are shown in the list below:…”

“…However, real life criteria are less clear and sometimes very subjective. Finally, although numerous studies have found that goal-setting leads to performance improvement, there are only a few studies that have tried to explain how goalsetting works by analyzing the dynamics responsible for goal-setting effects, e.g., the process by which task-goal attributes affect performance (e.g., Gauggel & Hoop, 2003;Schmidt, Kleinbeck, & Brockmann, 1984).…”

Client-centred goal setting in the rehabilitation of community dwelling clients with acquired brain injury

“…Goal setting is the process that therapists use to establish or negotiate a rehabilitation goal and may be directed by a diverse range of approaches . Approaches to setting rehabilitation goals range from those that focus heavily on the inclusion of the client (Law et al, 1998;Melville, Baltic, Bettcher, & Nelson, 2002) to those that advocate a therapist-driven approach to promote goal directed behaviour in the client (Gauggel & Hoop, 2004), whereas others aim to facilitate improved teamwork (McGrath & Adams, 1999;McMillan & Sparkes, 1999).…”