Handbook of Self-Regulation
- Book Review,
by Monique Boekaerts, et al
From Book News, Inc.
The editors, three psychologists based at universities in the Netherlands, US, and Israel, offer an overview of perspectives on self-regulation, a relatively new area in psychological research. The handbook's 23 chapters are organized in three sections: general theories and models of self-regulation that can be applied to many domains of human behavior; applications in educational, health, and organizational psychology; and the application of self-regulation constructs to improve practice. In focusing on the ways individuals guide and direct their own behavior, cognition, and affect, the contributors also explore the similarities and differences in the conceptual frameworks, paradigms, and methodologies of researchers in different areas of psychology.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Review
"The reader seeking to become acquainted with the area will be greatly rewarded by reading the book."
-CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY
"...provide a good overview to treatment issues for many specific and common DSM-IV diagnoses..."
-PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
Review
"The reader seeking to become acquainted with the area will be greatly rewarded by reading the book."
-CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY
"...provide a good overview to treatment issues for many specific and common DSM-IV diagnoses..."
-PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
Book Description
The Handbook of Self-Regulation represents state-of-the-art coverage of the latest theory, research, and developments in applications of self-regulation research. Chapters are of interest to psychologists interested in the development and operation of self-regulation as well as applications to health, organizational, clinical, and educational psychology.
This book pulls together theory, research, and applications in the self-regulation domain and provides broad coverage of conceptual, methodological, and treatment issues. In view of the burgeoning interest and massive research on various aspects of self-regulation, the time seems ripe for this Handbook, aimed at reflecting the current state of the field. The goal is to provide researchers, students, and clinicians in the field with substantial state-of-the-art overviews, reviews, and reflections on the conceptual and methodological issues and complexities particular to self-regulation research.
Key Features
* Coverage of state-of-the-art in self-regulation research from different perspectives
* Application of self-regulation research to health, clinical, organizational, and educational psychology
* Brings together in one volume research on self-regulation in different subdisciplines
* Most comprehensive and penetrating compendium of information on self-regulation from multi-disciplinary perspectives
Book Info
Leiden Univ., The Netherlands. Overview of this area in psychological research. Focuses on general theories and models applied to human behavior, domain-specific applications in the areas of educational, health, and organizational psychology, and the application of self-regulation constructs to improve practice. For researchers and clinicians. Expanded-outline format.
About the Author
Monique Boekaerts is Professor of Educational Psychology at Leiden University (The Netherlands) and chairs the Research Committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences. As a principle investigator, she is supervising a national school reform program in vocational schools. Her main field of interest is self-regulated learning with a focus on motivation, volitional control, coping with stress, and soliciting social support. President-elect of the European Association of Learning and Instruction and President of the Educational and Institutional Psychology division of the International Association of Applied Psychology, she has written over 100 scientific articles and book chapters. She serves as associate editor of Learning and Instruction and as reviewer for several international and European journals. Paul R. Pintrich is Professor and Chair of the Combined Program in Education and Psychology at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He also serves as the Associate Dean for Research for the School of Education at Michigan. His research focuses on the development of motivation and self-regulated learning in adolescence and how the classroom context shapes the trajectory of motivation and self-regulation development. He has published over 80 articles and book chapters, and books, and currently serves as editor of the American Psychology Association (APA) journal for Division 15 (Educational Psychology), Educational Psychologist. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), he has previously been a National Academy of Education Spencer Fellow, and Program Chair for the American Educational Research Association. He is currently President-Elect of Division 5-Educational and Instructional Psychology for the International Association of Applied Psychology. Co-editor of the book series, Advances in Motivation and Achievement, he has edited several other books on motivation and achievement, as well as being the co-author of a graduate level text entitled Motivation in Education: Theory, Research, and Applications. Moshe Zeidner is Professor of Educational and Social Psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel. He serves as Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Research on Emotions and Scientific Director of the Laboratory for Cross-Cultural Research in Personality and Individual Differences. His main field of interest is personality and individual differences research, with particular concern for anxiety, stress and coping, and the personality-intelligence interface. He is series editor for two series: Human Emotions, and Human Exceptionality. He also serves as Associate Editor of Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal and a reviewer for a number of APA journals. He is the author of over 100 scientific papers and chapters and his recent books include: Test Anxiety: The State of the Art, (1998), Handbook of Coping, Stress, Anxiety, and Coping in Academic Settings, and, International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence.
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