Fathers have been neglected in investigations of the development, prevention, and
treatment of anxiety and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. This review provides …

Children's sense of relatedness is vital to their academic motivation from 3rd to 6th grade.
Children's (n= 641) reports of relatedness predicted changes in classroom engagement over …

New edition of the classic The Role of the Father in Child Development The Role of the
Father in Child Development, Fourth Edition brings together contributions from an …

The Latin root of motivation means" to move" and fundamentally, motivational psychologists
study what moves people to act and why people think and do what they do (Weiner, 1992) …

This book discusses research and theory on how motivation changes as children progress
through school, gender differences in motivation, and motivational differences as an aspect …

A key goal of much educational policy is to help parents become involved in children's
academic lives. The focus of such efforts, as well as much of the extant research, has …

In productive classrooms, teachers don't just teach students math and reading skills; they
build emotionally and relationally healthy learning communities. Teachers create intellectual …

Research on individual differences demonstrates that children's perceived control exerts a
strong effect on their academic achievement and that, in turn, children's actual school …

This article explores the cultural construction of fatherhood in America, as well as the
consequences of this construction as a motivator for understudying fathers—especially …

The authors examined the achievement-related beliefs and behaviors of parents of
economically disadvantaged African American youth, and the relations among parental …