Preface

A. Efklides

R. M. Sorrentino

List of Contributors

Part One: Achievement and task-related motivation

Delimiting and integrating achievement motive and goal constructs

T. M. Thrash

A. J. Elliot

How to combine intrinsic task-motivation with the motivational effects of the instrumentality of present tasks for future goals

W. Lens

The role of perceived instrumentality in student motivation

H. Creten

W. Lens

J. Simons

Experimentally induced effects of goal distance in time in the relations between achievement motives, future time orientation and indications of performance in sports

T. O. Thomassen

H. Halvari

T. Gjesme

Motivation, performance and satisfaction at school: The significance of the achievement motives - autonomy interaction

D. Cock

H. Halvari

Teaching and parenting styles related to children's achievement motivation and learning outcomes

W. van Werkhoven

A. van Londen

L. M. Stevens

Mapping the domain of autonomy support: Five important ways to enhance or undermine students' experience of autonomy in learning

A. Assor

H. Kaplan

A model of motivational change in transition contexts

J. MacCallum

Learning in basic electricity: How do motivation, cognitive factors, and classroom climate influence achievement in physics?

Ch. von Rhoneck

K. Grob

G. W. Schnaitmann

B. Volker

Goal orientations and action-control beliefs: A cross-cultural comparison among Croatian, Finnish, and Japanese students

M. Niemivirta

M. Rijavec

H. Yamauchi

Part Two: Motivation, cognition, and self-regulation

A theory of uncertainty orientation: The interplay of motivation, cognition, and affect

R. M. Sorrentino

A. M. Walker

G. Hodson

Ch. J. R. Roney

Overcoming defensive feedback seeking: The role of perceived ability and perceived control over assessed attributes

Y. Trope

R. Hassin

B. Gervey

Changes in task orientation and self-evaluation across phases of a transition

T. L. Chartrand

D. N. Ruble

Y. Trope

A functional approach to motivation: The role of goal-enactment and self-regulation in current research on approach and avoidance

J. Kuhl

Motivation, information processing and performance: Effects of goal setting on basic cognitive processes

J. Wegge

Metacognitive experiences in problem solving: Metacognition, motivation, and self-regulation

A. Efklides

The effects of general success-related beliefs and specific metacognitive experiences on causal attributions

P. Metallidou

A. Efklides

Optimism as a moderator of the effect of state orientation on the evaluation of negative life events

B. Bossong

Genetic vs. Environmental determinants of traits, motives, self-referential cognitions, and volitional control in old age: First results from the Munich Twin Study (GOLD)

U. Geppert

F. Halisch

Motives, personal goals, and life satisfaction in old age: First results from the Munich Twin Study (GOLD)

F. Halisch

U. Geppert

Subject index