Trends and Prospects in Motivation Research

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Anastasia Efklides, J. Kuhl, R.M. Sorrentino
Springer Science & Business Media, May 8, 2007 - Psychology - 414 pages
Researchers in achievement motivation are becoming all the more aware of the importance of affect in motivation and self-regulation. This leads to extension and integration of existing theories as well as to new theories that provide a good account of existing data and offer new insight into the mechanism underlying the functioning of motivation. This book presents up-to-date basic research in motivation and self-regulation and an overview of the field, with particular emphasis on issues such as change of motivation, effects of context and culture on motivation, relations of cognition and affect in motivation and self-regulation, and motivation in school, in sports, and in the aged.
 

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How to combine intrinsic taskmotivation with the motivational
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The role of perceived instrumentality in student motivation
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Experimentally induced effects of goal distance in time on
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Teaching and parenting styles related to childrens achievement
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A model of motivational change in transition contexts
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Motivation cognition and selfregulation
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Changes in task orientation and selfevaluation across phases
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The effects of general successrelated beliefs and specific
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Optimism as a moderator of the effect of state orientation
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