Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Introduction

Jutta Heckhausen

I. Attachment, Curiosity, and Anxiety as Motivational Influences in Child Development

Curiosity and Anxiety as Motivational Determinants of Cognitive Development

Clemens Trudewind

Attachment and Behavioral Inhibition: Two Perspectives on Early Motivational Development

Axel Scholmerich

Activity and Motivation: A Plea for a Human Frame Motivation

Rolf Oerter

II. Motivation, Emotion, and Interests in School Learning

Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning

Falko Rheinberg

Regina Vollmeyer

Bruce D. Burns

Interest and Human Development During Adolescence: An Educational-Psychological Approach

Andreas Krapp

Goal Orientations: Their Impact on Academic Learning and Their Development During Early Adolescence

Olaf Koller

A Social-Cognitive, Control-Value Theory of Achievement Emotions

Reinhard Pekrun

Training in Empirical Research Methods: Analysis of Problems and Intervention From a Motivational Perspective

Robin Stark

Heinz Mandl

III. Motives, Goals, and Developmental Tasks as Organizers of Developmental Regulation

A Theory of Self-Development: Affective Fixation and the Star Model of Personality Disorders and Related Styles

Julius Kuhl

Developmental Regulation Across the Life Span: An Action-Phase Model of Engagement and Disengagement With Developmental Goals

Jutta Heckhausen

The Interplay of Work and Family in Young and Middle Adulthood

Bettina S. Wiese

Alexandra M. Freund

Are Discrepancies Between Developmental Status and Aspired Goals a Sufficient Motivation for Developmental Progression?

Inge Seiffge-Krenke

Cohort Change in Adolescent Developmental Timetables After German Unification: Trends and Possible Reasons

Rainer K. Silbereisen

Margit Wiesner

IV. Work, Love, and Children: Individual Motivation and Societal Conditions for Mastering Developmental Tasks in Adulthood

Motivation and Volition in Pursuing Personal Work Goals

Lutz von Rosenstiel

Hugo M. Kehr

Gunter W. Maier

Self-Starting Behavior at Work: Toward a Theory of Personal Initiative

Doris Fay

Michael Frese

Stability and Change in Romantic Relationships

Hans-Werner Bierhoff

Elke Rohmann

Motivation for Parenthood and Early Family Development: Findings of a Five-Year Longitudinal Study

Klaus A. Schneewind

Name Index

Subject Index