Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-7085, USA.
Psychol Rev. 2010 Jan;117(1):32-60. doi: 10.1037/a0017668.
This article had four goals. First, the authors identified a set of general challenges and questions that a life-span theory of development should address. Second, they presented a comprehensive account of their Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development. They integrated the model of optimization in primary and secondary control and the action-phase model of developmental regulation with their original life-span theory of control to present a comprehensive theory of development. Third, they reviewed the relevant empirical literature testing key propositions of the Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development. Finally, because the conceptual reach of their theory goes far beyond the current empirical base, they pointed out areas that deserve further and more focused empirical inquiry.
本文有四个目标。首先,作者确定了一套发展的生命周期理论应该解决的一般挑战和问题。其次,他们提出了一个全面的激励理论的生命周期发展。他们将主要和次要控制的优化模型和发展调节的作用阶段模型与他们原来的控制生命周期理论相结合,提出了一个全面的发展理论。第三,他们回顾了相关的实证文献,检验了生命周期发展激励理论的关键命题。最后,由于他们理论的概念范围远远超出了当前的实证基础,他们指出了值得进一步和更集中的实证研究的领域。