Motivation for Training:

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the motivation for training, in four persons with unilateral neglect, who participated in an intervention study aiming to improve sustained attention. Data about the participantsÆ motivation was collected through observations and semi-structured interviews based on the terms used in the volitional subsystem in The Model of Human Occupation. Findings show that the four personsÆ awareness of their own disabilities influenced their motivation toward training and that they sometimes overvalued their own capacities, especially concerning activities they had not practiced since before the stroke. This report concludes with a discussion on the implications of the study on occupational therapy practice.