Emotional engagement in kindergarten and school children: A self-determination theory perspective

Trends in Neuroscience and Education

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 102-107

  Streb, Judith ^a   Keis, Oliver ^a   Lau, Maren ^a   Hille, Katrin ^a   Spitzer, Manfred ^a   Sosic Vasic, Zrinka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulatory assessment; Emotion; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HEART RATE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF DETERMINATION THEORY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84952989872     PISSN: 22119493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tine.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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