1. Desired direction of the behavior. Self-monitoring may contribute to an increase in positive behaviors and a decrease in negative ones. 2. Practitioner instructions. It may be that simply telling...

1. Desired direction of the behavior. Self-monitoring may contribute to an increase in positive behaviors and a decrease in negative ones.

2. Practitioner instructions. It may be that simply telling clients before intervention that their behaviors will or should change can produce reactive effects in self-monitoring (independent of real changes in the behaviors).