"Based on a conference entitled Life-Span Perspectives on Montivation and Control ... held in July 1995 at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Decomposing self-regulation and self-control: the volitional components inventory / Julius Kuhl and Arno Fuhrmann -- Developmental regulation in adulthood: selection and compensation via primary and secondary control / Jutta Heckhausen and Richard Schulz -- Development of regulatory focus: promotion and prevention as ways of living / E. Tory Higgins and Israela Silberman -- Commentary: human psychological needs and the issues of volition, control, and outcome focus / Richard M. Ryan -- Social motivation and perceived responsibility in others: attributions and behavior of African American boys labeled as aggressive / Sandra Graham -- The multidimensional nature of control: implications for the development of sex differences in self-evaluation / Eva M. Pomerantz and Diane N. Ruble -- The functional regulation of adolescent dating relationships and sexual behavior: an interaction of goals, strategies, and situations / Nancy Cantor and Catherine A. Sanderson -- Commentary: strategies for studying social influences on motivation / Ellen A. Skinner -- Ruminative coping with depression / Susan Nolen-Hoeksema -- The development of early self-conceptions: their relevance for motivational processes / Carol S. Dweck -- Sociocultural influences on the development of children's action-control beliefs / Todd D. Little -- Commentary: self-regulation, motivation, and developmental psychopathology / John R. Weisz -- A life-span approach to social motivation / Laura L. Carstensen -- Maintaining self-integrity and efficacy through adulthood and later life: the adaptive functions of assimilative persistence and accommodative flexibility / Jochen Brandtstädter, Klaus Rothermund, and Ulrich Schmitz / The willfull pursuit of identity / Peter M. Gollwitzer and Oliver Kirchhof / Commentary: motivation and self-regulation in adult development / Richard Schulz.
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