Activity choices in middle childhood: The roles of gender, self-beliefs, and parents' influence

Organized Activities As Contexts of Development: Extracurricular Activities, After School and Community Programs

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 235-254

  Jacobs, Janis E ^a   Vernon, Margaret K ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883510110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612748     Document Type: Chapter

References (31)

1. Bandura, A. (1994). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W.H.Freeman.
2. Eccles, J.S. (1987). Gender roles and women's achievement-related decisions. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 11, 135-172.
3. Eccles, J., Adler, T.F., Futterman, R., Goff, S.B., Kaczala, C.M., Meece, J.L., & Midgley, C. (1983). Expectancies, values, and academic behaviors. In J.T.Spence (Ed.), Achievement and achievement motivation (pp. 75-146). San Francisco, CA:W.H. Freeman.
4. Eccles, J.S., Adler, T.F., & Meece, J.L.. (1984). Sex differences in achievement: A test of alternative theories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 26-43.
5. Eccles, J.S., & Barber, B.L. (1999). Student council, volunteering, basketball, or marching band: What kind of extracurricular involvement matters? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 6(3), 281-294.
6. Eccles, J.S., & Harold, R.D. (1991). Gender differences in sport involvement:Applying the Eccles' expectancy-value model. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 3, 7-35.
7. Eccles, J.S., & Wigfield, A. (1995). In the mind of the achiever: The structure of adolescents' academic achievement related-beliefs and self-perceptions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 215-225.
8. Eccles, J.S., Wigfield, A., Harold, R., & Blumenfeld, P. (1993). Age and gender differences in children's achievement self-perceptions during the elementary school years. Child Development, 64, 830-847.
9. Eccles, J.S., Wigfield, A., & Schiefele, U. (1998). Motivation to succeed. In W.Damon (Series Ed.) & N.Eisenberg (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Social, emotional, and personality development (pp. 105-107). New York: Wiley.
10. Feather, N.T. (1988). Values, valences, and course enrollment: testing the role of personal values within an expectancy-value framework. Journal of Educational Psychology, 80, 381-391.
11. Fredericks, J. (1999). "Girl-friendly" family contexts: Socialization into math and sports. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
12. Garton, A.F., & Pratt, C. (1987). Participation and interest in leisure activities by adolescent schoolchildren. Journal of Adolescence, 10(4), 341-351.
13. Harter, S. (1990). Causes, correlates, and the functional role of global self-worth: A life-span perspective. In J.Kolligan & R.Sternberg (Eds.), Perceptions of competence and incompetence across the life span (pp. 43-70). New York: Springer-Verlag.
14. Harter, S. (1998). The development of the self. In W.Damon (Series Ed.) & N.Eisenberg (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Social, emotional, and personality development (pp. 553-617). New York: Wiley.
15. Jacobs, J.E. (1991). The influence of gender stereotypes on parent and child math attitudes: Differences across grade-levels. Journal of Educational Psychology, 83, 518-527.
16. Jacobs, J.E., & Eccles, J.S. (1992). The influence of parent stereotypes on parent and child ability beliefs in three domains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 932-944.
17. Jacobs, J.E., & Eccles, J.S. (2000). Parents, task values, and real life achievement choices. In C.Sansone & J.Harackiewicz (Eds.), Intrinsic motifation (pp. 408-433). San Diego, CA: Academic.
18. Jacobs, J.E., Lanza, S., Osgood, D.W., Eccles, J.S., & Wigfield, A. (2002). Changes in children's self-competence and values: Gender and domain differences across grades one through twelve. Child Development, 73(2), 509-527.
19. Larson, R. (2000). Toward a psychology of positive youth development. American Psychologist, 55(1), 170-183.
20. Larson, R., & Verma, S. (1999). How children and adolescents spend time across the world: Work, play, and developmental opportunities. Psychological Bulletin, 125(6), 701-736.
21. Mahoney, J.L. (2001, April). After-school activities in the community: What helps and what hurts? Paper presented at the 2001 biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
22. Mahoney, J.L., & Cairns, R.B. (1997). Do extracurricular activities protect against early school dropout? Developmental Psychology, 33(2), 241-253.
23. McHale, S.M., Crouter, A.C., & Tucker, C.J. (1999). Family context and gender role socialization in middle childhood: Comparing girls to boys and sisters to brothers. Child Development, 59(2), 990-1004.
24. McHale, S.M., Crouter, A.C., & Tucker, C.J. (2001). Free-time activities in middle childhood: Links with adjustment in early adolescence. Child Development, 72(6), 1764-1778.
25. Parsons, J.E., Adler, T.F., & Kaczala, C.M. (1982). Socialization of achievement attitudes and beliefs: Parental influences. Child Development, 53, 322-339.
26. Posner, J.K., & Vandell, L. (1999). After-school activities and the development of lowincome urban children: A longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 35(3), 868-879.
27. Stoneman, Z., Brody, G.H., & MacKinnon, C.E. (1986). Same-sex and cross-sex siblings: Activity choices, roles, behavior, and gender stereotypes. Sex Roles, 15(9-10), 495-511.
28. Wankel, L.M., & Berger, B.G. (1990). The psychological and social benefits of sport and physical activity. Journal of Leisure Research, 22(2), 167-182.
29. Wigfield, A., & Eccles, J. (1992). The development of achievement task values: A theoretical analysis. Developmental Review, 12, 265-310.
30. Wigfield, A., Eccles, J.S., Yoon, K.S., Harold, R.D., Arbreton, A.J., Freedman-Doan, C., & Blumenfeld, P.C. (1997). Change in children's competence beliefs and subjective task values across the elementary school years: A 3-year study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89, 451-469.
31. Youniss, J., McLellan, J.A., Su, Y., & Yates, M. (1999). The role of community service in identity development: Normative, unconventional, and deviant orientations. Journal of Adolescent Research, 14(2), 248-261.