Influence of inner-city environment and Head Start experience on effectance motivation.
Effectance motivation was examined in 26 inner-city children attending Head Start, 26 inner-city children with no preschool experience, and 26 middle-class children attending private preschool. Head Start children scored higher on measures of effectance motivation than did their non-Head Start counterparts; their levels were lower, however, than those of the middle-class children. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Malakoff
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ME
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, Cal., USA. margo_malakoff@hmc.edu
Underhill
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JM
Zigler
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D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011203:Poverty; D012649:Self Concept; D014505:Urban Population