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Panfile, Tia M.; Laible, Deborah J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
The current study examined the influence of multiple factors on individual differences in empathy; namely, attachment, negative emotionality, and emotion regulation. A total of 63 mothers completed the Attachment Q-set and questionnaires about their children's empathy, negative emotionality, and emotion regulation when children were 3 years old.…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Empathy, Emotional Development, Individual Differences
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Chen, Senlin; Chen, Ang; Sun, Haichun; Zhu, Xihe – European Physical Education Review, 2013
Motivation to learn is a disposition developed through exposure to learning opportunities. Guided by the expectancy-value theory of Eccles and Wigfield (1995), this study examined the extent to which expectancy belief and task value influenced elementary school students' physical activity and knowledge learning in physical education (PE).…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Learning Motivation, Elementary School Students
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Acat, M. Bahaddin; Dereli, Esra – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify problems and motivation sources and strategies of decision-making of the students' attending preschool education teacher department, was to determine the relationship between learning motivation and strategies of decision-making, academic achievement of students, was to determine whether strategies of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation, Incentives, Lifelong Learning