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Salmela-Aro, Katariina – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2010
This chapter examines development through different life transitions, such as educational transitions and transition to parenthood during adolescence to adulthood in the context of the life-span model of personal goals. According to the life-span model of motivation, four key mechanisms--channeling, choice, co-regulation, and compensation--play a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Goal Orientation, Well Being, Early Parenthood