Meaning and misunderstanding in occupational forms: a study of therapeutic goal setting.

Objective: This study examined occupational therapists' use of the occupational form of goal setting as therapy and its impact on clients.

Method: The study method was qualitative, using participant observation and interviewing as the main source of data.

Results: The findings illustrated that therapists work both to give substance to the occupational form and to create the context of an implied narrative that imbues it with particular meanings.

The Volitional Questionnaire: psychometric development and practical use.

This article describes the Volitional Questionnaire and presents recent empirical efforts to develop and validate this instrument. The Volitional Questionnaire is an observational method of gathering data on motivation that is designed for persons who are unable to self-report their own motives. Studies to date suggest that the instrument can provide a valid measure of volition, though a number of limitations of the tool are noted.