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Ojanen, Tiina; Stratman, Aaron; Card, Noel A.; Little, Todd D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
Motivation is assumed to influence behaviors via perceived agency over goal pursuits, but empirical research integrating motivation and action-control processes in social development is close to nonexistent. We applied this perspective to the study of early adolescent friendships by examining motivation for and perceived control (ability and…
Descriptors: Motivation, Friendship, Early Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment
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Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Hardy, Sam A.; Christensen, Katherine J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2011
This study examines adolescent hope as a mediator between connectedness to mother and father, and positive and negative child outcomes. Participants included 489 adolescents aged 9 to 14 years (M = 11.29; SD = 1.01) and their parents from the "Flourishing Families Project", and data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Intervention, Mothers, Structural Equation Models