Treatment engagement in first-episode schizophrenia: Associations between intrinsic motivation and attendance during cognitive training and an aerobic exercise program.

ABSTRACT: Systematic cognitive training and aerobic exercise programs have emerged as promising interventions to improve cognitive deficits in first-episode schizophrenia, with successful outcomes closely linked with greater treatment engagement (e.g., higher attendance and homework completion rates). Unfortunately, treatment disengagement from these services remains a persistent issue. Intrinsic motivation, or the willingness to exert effort because a task is inherently interesting or meaningful, has emerged as a promising malleable personal factor to enhance treatment engagement. This study investigated whether early task-specific intrinsic motivation and its domains (e.g., interest, perceived competence, and value) predicted treatment engagement within the context of intensive cognitive training

SUBMITTER: Le TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163954 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature