Mastery Motivation & Parenting
Parental Influences on Children's Motivational Development
Central Question
How do parental beliefs, goal orientations, and behaviors shape children's mastery motivation and learning?
Overview
This research examines the associations between parenting practices and children's motivational development. Key topics include how mothers' belief systems about learning — particularly the pragmatic view of effort versus the incremental view of intelligence — relate to shared-reading behaviors, and how parental mastery and performance goal orientations predict preschoolers' mastery motivation.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Lay, K.-L., Lin, K.-C., Wu, S.-C., Tsai, Y.-M., Chang, T.-T., Huang, S.-Y., & Cheng, C. (2022). Chinese mothers' belief systems about learning and shared-reading behaviors: The pragmatic view of effort vs. the incremental view of intelligence. Chinese Journal of Psychology, 64(3), 311–340. https://doi.org/10.6129/cjp.202209_64(3).0003
Conference Presentations
Lay, K.-L., Cheng, C., & Huang, S.-Y. (2021, April 7–9). Associations of parental mastery and performance goal orientations and preschoolers' mastery motivation [Conference presentation]. SRCD 2021 Biennial Meeting, Virtual. https://www.srcd.org/event/srcd-2021-biennial-meeting