Social motivation: understanding children's school adjustment/

Other Authors: Juvonen, Jaana, Wentzel, Kathryn R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996
Series:Cambridge studies in social and emotional development
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Social motivation : perspectives on self. Teacher and classmate influences on scholastic motivation, self-esteem, and level of voice in \Eolescents / Susan Harter
  • Self-presentation tactics promoting teacher and peer approval : the function of excuses and other clever explanations / Jaana Juvonen
  • Social self-discrepancy : a theory relating peer relations problems and school maladjustment / Janis B. Kupersmidt ... [et al.]
  • Motivational approaches to aggression within the context of peer relationships / Cynthai A. Erdley
  • Motivational approaches and obstacles associated with social responsibility and caring behavior in school contexts / Martin E. Ford
  • Modeling and self-efficacy influences on children's development of self-regulation / Dale H. Schunk and Barry J. Zimmerman
  • Social motivation : goals and social-cognitive processes : a comment / Carol S. Dweck II. Social motivation : perspectives on relationships. Interpersonal relationships in the school environment and children's early school adjustment : the role of teachers and peers / adjustment / Kathryn R. Wentzel
  • Friends' Sondra H. Birch and Gary W. Ladd
  • Social goals and social relationships as motivators of school influence on school adjustment : a motivational analysis / Thomas J. Berndt and Keunho Keefe
  • Peer networks and students' classroom engagment during childhood and adolescence / Thomas A. Kindermann, Tanya L. McCollam, and Ellsworth Gibson Jr.
  • Academic failure and school dropout : the influence of peers / Shelley Hymel ... [et al.]
  • What's "emotional" about social motivation? : a comment / Sandra Graham.