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Influences of children's and adolescents' action‐control processes on school achievement, peer relationships, and coping with challenging life events
Author(s) -
Geldhof G. John,
Little Todd D.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.303
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , developmental psychology , citation , library science , clinical psychology , computer science
Self‐regulation represents a core aspect of human functioning that influences positive development across the life span. This chapter focuses on the action‐control model, a key facet of self‐regulation during childhood and early adolescence. The authors discuss the development of action‐control beliefs, paying particular attention to their relationship to indices of positive development. They then discuss how linking the action‐control model with other theories of self‐regulation can inform our understanding of self‐regulation across the life span. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.