Eating disorders are defined by a complex interaction between emotional, cognitive and
interpersonal challenges in addition to behaviours used to control weight or shape. One of the
major challenges with the treatment of eating disorders is ambivalence, low motivation to
engage in treatment, and a high treatment dropout rate. Motivational Interviewing is a
therapeutic style that elicits intrinsic motivation from within the patient to drive behaviour
change. The current study provides an evaluation of the effectiveness of the two pretreatment
group motivation interventions delivered by the South Island Eating Disorder Service.
Significant changes in motivational stage of change were observed in both the Motivation
and Education Group and the pure Motivation Group. Significant improvements in patient
readiness, confidence and importance to change as well as treatment attendance were
identified in the pure Motivation Group. Recommendations for future treatment development
are presented.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:canterbury.ac.nz/oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/7371 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Davey, Michelle Rona |
| Publisher | University of Canterbury. Psychology |
| Source Sets | University of Canterbury |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic thesis or dissertation, Text |
| Rights | Copyright Michelle Rona Davey, http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/etheses_copyright.shtml |
| Relation | NZCU |
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