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ON “THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN THE ONTOGENY OF ACHIEVEMENT‐RELATED MOTIVATION AND BEHAVIORAL CHOICES”
Author(s) -
Huston Aletha C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
monographs of the society for research in child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1540-5834
pISSN - 0037-976X
DOI - 10.1111/mono.12165
Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , developmental psychology , need for achievement , test (biology) , intrinsic motivation , motivation theory , cognitive psychology , goal theory , social psychology , paleontology , political science , law , biology
This monograph offers a comprehensive test of an important theory of motivation. Because the theory is sufficiently precise to permit disconfirmation, the results that support and those that fail to support it are both informative. The finding that parents' influence appears primarily for peripheral subjects (sports and music), but not for reading and math raises many issues for further research. The study also informs our understanding of gender differences in motivation.