The effects of motivation to change a behavior on the accuracy of self-monitoring that target behavior were investigated in 53 subjects. Both subject's initial desire for change and experimenter's instructions to change were examined. Intrinsic motivation led to more accurate self-monitoring as predicted. Contrary to expectations, experimenter's instructions to change the behavior did not enhance self-monitoring accuracy.
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