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Direct linkRobson, Sue – British Educational Research Journal, 2016
This paper brings together two areas of considerable interest to researchers, practitioners and policy makers: young children's developing self-regulation and metacognition, and the impact of adult (practitioner) presence or absence on their behaviour and learning. One hundred and twenty-eight observations of 29 children aged 4-5 years in a…
Descriptors: Young Children, Self Control, Metacognition, Child Development
Heckhausen, Jutta; Wrosch, Carsten; Schulz, Richard – Psychological Review, 2010
This article had four goals. First, the authors identified a set of general challenges and questions that a life-span theory of development should address. Second, they presented a comprehensive account of their Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development. They integrated the model of optimization in primary and secondary control and the…
Descriptors: Motivation, Individual Development, Research Needs, Models
Balkis, Murat; Duru, Erdinc – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2007
It is important to understand causes and consequences of procrastination that appear common among general and academic populations. Procrastination affects people in various domains of life such as academic, professional, social relationships, and finance management. A person with high procrastination may lose his/her work, drop out from school,…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Counseling Psychology, Self Efficacy, Self Esteem
Peer reviewedShapiro, Deane H.; Shapiro, Johanna – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Examined self-control concerns of 104 men and women who evaluated areas of their life in terms of perceived use of various dimensions of self-control. Results indicated that, depending on the specific area of clinical concern, there were significant differences in the kinds of self-control strategies subjects tended to employ. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Counseling Techniques, Personality Traits
Peer reviewedDi Nardo, Peter A.; Raymond, Jayne B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Subjects focused attention on actual or imagined stimuli while recording intruding thoughts by pressing a button. Results showed that an internal locus of control was related to fewer intrusions than an external. Actual stimuli resulted in fewer intrusions than imagined stimuli. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedBuckalew, L. W.; Gibson, Gail S. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Surveyed college student (N=34) and general public (N=48) smokers regarding frequency, onset age, and daily situations associated with their habit. Results indicated no differences in either sample for responses according to sex, and correlations between smoking rate and onset age or years of smoking were not significant. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Peer reviewedMacbeth, Louise – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1974
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Behavior Patterns, Individual Power
Download full textRosenkoetter, Lawrence I., Comp. – 1977
This computer printout is an extensive bibliography of books and journal articles concerned with moral development. Each item is accompanied by letter codes indicating subject population-preschool, preschool-elementary, elementary, elementary-high school, high school, high school-college, college, college-post college, combination and infrahuman.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Altruism, Annotated Bibliographies
