Psychological Development and Education ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (2): 14-17.

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A Longitudinal Study on the Development of Pre-school Children’s Intrinsic Motivation

ZHANG Rong-hua, CHEN Hui-chang   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2007-04-15 Published:2007-04-15

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Abstract: This longitudinal study investigated the development of intrinsic motivation in children from 4 to 7 years of age. A total of 110 children participated in this research. Self-reported questionnaire was administrated to measure parental control. Two types of intrinsic motivation(people oriented, object oriented) were measured by laboratory observation in both study sessions. The results indicate as follows:(1) two types of intrinsic mot ivat ion are increased rapidly from 4 to 7 years of age;(2) at both ages(4 and 7), objects oriented intrinsic motivation was significantly negatively correlated with people oriented intrinsic motivation;(3) at both ages, objects oriented intrinsic motivation was significantly higher than people oriented intrinsic motivation;(4) at both ages, the relationship between parental control and children's intrinsic motivation was not significant.

Key words: objects oriented intrinsic motivation, people oriented intrinsic motivation, parental control, longitudinal study

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  • B844.1
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