Perceived control, motivation, & coping
At every point in the lifespan, individual differences in a sense of control are strong predictors of motivation, coping and success and failure in a wide range of domains. What are the origins of these individual differences, how do they develop and what are the mechanisms by which they exert such...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications
c1995.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Sage series on individual differences and development ;
v. 8. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798335806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I - Meta-Theoretical Assumptions; Chapter 1 - What Is Perceived Control?; Misperceptions About Perceptions of Control; Challenges to the Study of Perceived Control; Chapter 2 - What Is the Need for Competence?; When Needs Are Acquired Versus Innate; Arguments Against the Need for Competence; Implications of a Needs Theory; Part II - Constructs of Control; Chapter 3 - Are All Perceived Control Constructs the Same?; Four Major Theories of Perceived Control; Constructs in the Competence System
- Chapter 4 - Who Needs a New Conceptualization of Perceived Control?The Conceptualization; Beliefs Specific to Domain and Developmental Level; Profiles of Perceived Control; Part III - Antecedents of Perceived Control; Chapter 5 - What Are the Origins of Perceived Control?; Perceiving Control; Opportunities for Control; The Role of the Individual in the Generation of Control Experiences; The Origins of Individual Differences in Sense of Control; Chapter 6 - How do Social Contexts Promote and Undermine Control?; Structure Versus Chaos; Elements of Structure Versus Chaos; Conclusion
- Part IV - Consequences of Perceived ControlChapter 7 - Why Does Perceived Control Predict Everything?; When Does Perceived Control Work?; How Does Perceived Control Work?; Why Does Perceived Control Work?; Where Does Perceived Control Work?; Conclusion; Chapter 8 - How Does Perceived Control Work During Times of Stress?; A Needs Analysis of Coping; Perceived Control and Structure as Psychological and Social Resources; Conclusion; Part V - Development of Perceived Control; Chapter 9 - How do Individual Differences in Perceived Control Develop?; The Cycle of Perceived Control and Action
- Implications of Interindividual and Intra-Individual AnalysesInterindividual Differences in Change Over Time; Individual Differences in Developmental Change; Chapter 10 - How Does Perceived Control Change With Age?; Processing of Control-Relevant Information; Conceptions of Causes; Regulatory Beliefs; Domains of Control; Action and Action Regulation; The Development of the Competence System; Part VI - Intervention into the Competence System; Chapter 11 - Is More Control Better?; The Negative Effects of Increased Control; Perceiving Control in Uncontrollable Circumstances; Conclusion
- Chapter 12 - What are the Dangers of Intervening Into the Competence System?When Control Is Available: Setting up Opportunities for Control; When Control Is Possible: Regaining Control; When Circumstances are Uncontrollable: Finding Control; Conclusion; Part VII - Empirical Study of Perceived Control; Chapter 13 - How do I Decide Whether to Include Perceived Control in My Research?; What Are the Anchors?; What Are the Mechanisms?; What Is the Frame?; What Are the Constructs?; What Are the Measures?; What's the Good News and the Bad News?; Conclusion
- Chapter 14 - What Are the Future Research Issues in Perceived Control?
