Self-Regulation in Adolescence
Published on 25. September 2015
Book
Hardback
444 pages
978-1-107-03600-0 (ISBN)
Description
During the transition from childhood to adulthood, adolescents face a unique set of challenges that accompany increased independence and responsibility. This volume combines cutting-edge research in the field of adolescence and the field of motivation and self-regulation to shed new light on these challenges and the self-regulation tools that could most effectively address them. Leading scholars discuss general principles of the adolescent period across a wide variety of areas, including interpersonal relationships, health and achievement. Their interdisciplinary approach covers perspectives from history, anthropology and primatology, as well as numerous subdisciplines of psychology - developmental, educational, social, clinical, motivational, cognitive and neuropsychological. Self-Regulation in Adolescence stresses practical applications, making it a valuable resource not only for scholars, but also for adolescents and their family members, teachers, social workers and health professionals who seek to support them. It presents useful strategies that adolescents can adopt themselves and raises important questions for future research.
Reviews / Votes
'Bringing together leading scholars from the several disciplines needed to advance understanding of how self-regulation processes enable individuals to contribute to their positive behavior and health, both during adolescence and the entire life span, Professors Oettingen and Gollwitzer have created a work that uniquely advances theory, research, and application. Self-Regulation in Adolescence is required reading for scholars and practitioners interested in describing, explaining, and optimizing the role of self-regulation in positive youth development.' Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University 'A fantastic collection of articles by luminaries in developmental and motivation psychology ... This is a must-read for anyone who studies, or cares about, how adolescents learn to align their thoughts, feelings, and actions with their personal goals.' Angela Lee Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania 'This wonderful book brings together top scholars from diverse fields and perspectives to address one of the most centrally important issues for understanding human life, namely how young people acquire and use the powers of self-regulation so as to change from being dependent children into adult citizens. From the details of brain processes to the grand sweep of historical change to comparisons across species, the perspectives represented in this book offer powerful and useful insights. Some adolescents fall prey to the problems and pitfalls of this period, while (most) others navigate it fairly successfully and emerge into adult life; this book illuminates why and how those things happen.' Roy F. Baumeister, Florida State UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 Tables, unspecified; 3 Halftones, unspecified; 19 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
867 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-03600-0 (9781107036000)
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Gabriele Oettingen | Peter M. Gollwitzer
Self-Regulation in Adolescence
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09/2015
Cambridge University Press
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Self-Regulation in Adolescence
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09/2015
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Persons
Gabriele Oettingen is a Professor of Psychology at New York University and the University of Hamburg. She is the author of Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation (2014). Peter M. Gollwitzer is a Professor of Psychology at New York University and the University of Konstanz. He is the coeditor, with Gottfried Seebass and Michael Schmitz, of Acting Intentionally and its Limits: Individuals, Groups, Institutions (2013).
Content
Part I. Concepts and Processes of Self-Regulation: 1. Self-regulation: principles and tools Gabriele Oettingen and Peter M. Gollwitzer; 2. Expectancies, values, identities, and self-regulation Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Jennifer A. Fredricks and Peter Baay; 3. Self-regulation: conceptual issues, and relations to developmental outcomes in childhood and adolescence Nancy Eisenberg; 4. Effortful control in adolescence: individual differences within a unique developmental window Koraly Perez-Edgar; Part II. Historical and Biological Influences: 5. Historical perspectives on self-regulation in adolescence Joseph F. Kett; 6. Adolescence: biology, epidemiology, and process considerations Sir Michael Rutter; 7. Emotion regulation and primate sociality Frans B. M. de Waal; Part III. Neural Mechanisms: 8. The neural underpinnings of adolescent risk-taking: the roles of reward-seeking, impulse control, and peers Laurence Steinberg; 9. Development of the social brain in adolescence Sarah-Jayne Blakemore; 10. The role of reflection in promoting adolescent self-regulation Philip David Zelazo and Sabine Doebel; Part IV. Peer and Parent Relationships: 11. Goals and goal pursuit in the context of adolescent-parent relationships Judith G. Smetana; 12. Self-regulation and adolescent substance use Laurie Chassin; 13. The cultural context of adolescent self-regulation Alice Schlegel; Part V. Interventions: 14. Rumination and self-regulation in adolescence Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Kirsten Gilbert and Lori M. Hilt; 15. Promoting youth self-regulation through psychotherapy: redesigning treatments to fit complex youth in clinical care John R. Weisz; 16. Parent-based interventions to reduce adolescent problem behaviors: new directions for self-regulation approaches James Jaccard and Nicole Levitz.