Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Introduction

Jutta Heckhausen

Carol S. Dweck

I. Regulation of Self, Action, and Development

1 Decomposing Self-Regulation and Self-Control: The Volitional Components Inventory

Julius Kuhl

Arno Fuhrmann

2 Developmental Regulation in Adulthood: Selection and Compensation via Primary and Secondary Control

Jutta Heckhausen

Richard Schulz

3 Development of Regulatory Focus: Promotion and Prevention as Ways of Living

E. Tory Higgins

Israela Silberman

4 Commentary: Human Psychological Needs and the Issues of Volition, Control, and Outcome Focus

Richard M. Ryan

II. Social Determinants of Motivation

5 Social Motivation and Perceived Responsibility in Others: Attributions and Behavior of African American Boys Labeled as Aggressive

Sandra Graham

6 The Multidimensional Nature of Control: Implications for the Development of Sex Differences in Self-Evaluation

Eva M. Pomerantz

Diane N. Ruble

7 The Functional Regulation of Adolescent Dating Relationships and Sexual Behavior: An Interaction of Goals, Strategies, and Situations

Nancy Cantor

Catherine A. Sanderson

8 Commentary: Strategies for Studying Social Influences on Motivation

Ellen A. Skinner

III. Functional and Dysfunctional Control-Related Behavior in Childhood

9 Ruminative Coping with Depression

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

10 The Development of Early Self-Conceptions: Their Relevance for Motivational Processes

Carol S. Dweck

11 Sociocultural Influences on the Development of Children's Action-Control Beliefs

Todd D. Little

12 Commentary: Self-Regulation, Motivation, and Developmental Psychopathology

John R. Weisz

IV. Developmental Goals in Adulthood

13 A Life-Span Approach to Social Motivation

Laura L. Carstensen

14 Maintaining Self-Integrity and Efficacy Through Adulthood and Later Life: The Adaptive Functions of Assimilative Persistence and Accommodative Flexibility

Jochen Brandtstadter

Klaus Rothermund

Ulrich Schmitz

15 The Willfull Pursuit of Identity

Peter M. Gollwitzer

Oliver Kirchhof

16 Commentary: Motivation and Self-Regulation in Adult Development

Richard Schulz

Name Index

Subject Index