Social Motivation
Understanding Children's School Adjustment
Part of Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development
- Editors:
- Jaana Juvonen, University of California, Los Angeles
- Kathryn R. Wentzel, University of Maryland, College Park
- Date Published: April 2011
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How are children's social lives at school related to their motivation to achieve and how do motivational and social processes interact to explain children's adjustment at school? This volume, first published in 1990, features work by leading researchers in educational and developmental psychology and provides perspectives on how and why children tend to thrive or fail at school. The individual chapters examine the unique roles of peers and teachers in communicating and reinforcing school-related attitudes, expectations, and definitions of self. Relations of children's school adjustment to school motivation, interpersonal functioning, and social skillfulness are also explored. The developmental and social perspectives on motivation and achievement presented in this volume provide new insights into the complex processes contributing to school success.
Read more- Brings together developmental psychologists and educators, addressing gap in motivational research
- In line with current focus on context (in this case, social context)
- Motivational approaches to school adjustment
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- Date Published: April 2011
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511886652
- contains: 13 b/w illus. 13 tables
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I. Social Motivation: Perceptions on Self:
2. Teacher and classmate influences on scholastic motivation self-esteem and level of voice in adolescents Susan Harter
3. Self-presentation tactics promoting teacher and peer approval: the function of excuses and other clever explanations Jaana Juvonen
4. Social self-discrepancy: a theory relating peer relationship problems and school maladjustment Janis B. Kupersmidt, Kathy S. Buchele, Mary Ellen Voeller and Constantine Sedikides
5. Motivational approaches to aggression within the context of peer relationships Cynthia A. Erdley
6. Motivational opportunities and obstacles associated with social responsibility and caring behavior in school context Martin E. Ford
7. Modeling and self-efficacy influences on children's development of self-regulation Dave H. Shunk and Barry J. Zimmerman
8. Commentary: goals and social-cognitive processes Carol S. Dweck
Part II. Social Motivation: Perspectives on Relationships:
9. Interpersonal relationships in the school environment and children's early school adjustment: the role of teachers and peers Sondra H. Birch and Gary W. Ladd
10. Social goals and social relationships as motivators of school adjustment Kathryn R. Wentzel
11. Friends' influence on school adjustment: a motivational analysis Thomas J. Berndt and Keunho Keefe
12. Peer networks and students' classroom engagement during childhood and adolescence Thomas A. Kindermann, Tanya L. McCollam and Ellsworth Gibson Jr.
13. Academic failure and school dropout: the influence of peers Shelley Hymel, Colin Comfort, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl and Patricia McDougall
14. Commentary: what's 'emotional' about social motivation? Sondra Graham.
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