Trends and Prospects in Motivation Research [Paperback]

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.

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.Preface; A. Efklides, R.M. Sorrentino. List of Contributors.Part One: Achievement and task-related motivation. 1. Delimiting and integrating achievement motive and goal constructs; T.M. Thrash, A.J. Elliot. 2. How to combine intrinsic task-motivation with the motivational effects of the instrumentality of present tasks for future goals; W. Lens. 3. The role of perceived instrumentality in student motivation; H. Creten, et al. 4. Experimentally induced effects of goal distance in time on the relations between achievement motives, future time orientation and indications of performance in sports; T.O. Thomassen, et al. 5. Motivation, performance and satisfaction at school: The significance of the achievement motives - autonomy interaction; D. Cock, H. Halvari. 6. Teaching and parenting styles related to children's achievement motivation and learning outcomes; W. van Werkhoven, et al. 7. Mapping the domain of autonomy support: Five importlc3