Research Article

The Effect of an Educating versus Normalizing Approach on Treatment Motivation in Patients Presenting with Delusions: An Experimental Investigation with Analogue Patients

Table 1

Condition comparison of treatment motivation (independent t-tests).

EducatingNormalizingt (77)P (2-tailed)Cohen’s d
M (SD)

Clinician-related
treatment motivation
20.54 (3.95) 22.65 (3.46)2.53.0130.568
Medication
treatment motivation
16.74 (5.28)16.08 (4.45)-0.61.5440.135
Psychological
treatment motivation
21.31 (5.34)23.68 (3.84)2.27.0260.509