Goals are used extensively in physical rehabilitation medicine to measure success. However, the goal construct has been given very little attention in research as compared to the domains of education and sport. Educational researchers and sport psychologists have described…
Contents
Chapter I: Introduction
Definitions of Success for Health
Perspectives on Goals
Statement of the Problem
Purpose
Research Questions
Contribution to Rehabilitation Medicine
Chapter II: Review of Relevant Literature
Success in Rehabilitation
Definitions of Success in Rehabilitation
Success Measures
Summary for Success in Rehabilitation
Perspectives on Goals
Goal Content
Achievement Goal Orientations
Relevance of Goal Orientation Research to Rehabilitation Success
Chapter III: Methodology
Pilot Study
Participants
Measures
Procedures
Data Analysis for the Pilot Study
Discussion of the Pilot Study Results
Full Study
Participants
Measures
Procedures
Chapter IV: Results
Goal Orientations in Physical Rehabilitation
Factor Analysis of the GOPRQ
Goal Orientations for the Patient Sample
Patient Interview Responses Related to Goal Orientations
Summary
Relation of Goal Orientations to Success in Rehabilitation
Patient Responses
Therapist Responses
Summary
Factors Affecting Patient Success
Differences in Perceptions of Success
Chapter V: Discussion
Validation of the GOPRQ
Goal Orientations in Physical Rehabilitation
Goal Orientations of the Sample
Goal Orientations and Success in Rehabilitation
Definition of Success
Factors Related to Success in Rehabilitation
Limitations
Implications for Rehabilitation Medicine
Implications for Future Study
Appendices
References
Author: Lawson, Sonia
Source: University of Maryland
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