Section headings and selected papers: Acknowledgments. List of contributors. Introduction (J. Heckhausen). Attachment, Curiosity and Anxiety as Motivational Influences in Child Development. Curiosity and anxiety as motivational determinants of cognitive development (C. Trudewind). Motivation, Emotion and Interests in School Learning. Goal orientations: their impact on academic learning and their development during adolescence (O. Köller). Motives, Goals and Developmental Tasks as Organizers of Developmental Regulation. The interplay of work and family in young and middle adulthood (B.S. Wiese, A.M. Freund). Work, Love and Children: Individual Motivation and Societal Conditions for Mastering Developmental Tasks in Adulthood. Stability and change in romantic relationships (H.-W. Bierhoff, E. Rohmann). Name index. Subject index.

Curiosity and anxiety as motivational determinants of cognitive development / Clemens Trudewind -- Attachment and behavioral inhibition : two perspectives on early motivational development / Axel Schölmerich -- Activity and motivation : a plea for a human frame motivation / Rolf Oerter -- Motivation and self-regulated learning / Falko Rheinberg, Regina Vollmeyer, and Bruce D. Burns -- Interest and human development during adolescence : an educational-psychological approach / Andreas Krapp -- Goal orientations : their impact on academic learning and their development during early adolescence / Olaf Köller -- A social-cognitive, control-value theory of achievement emotions / Reinhard Pekrun -- Training in empirical research methods : analysis of problems and intervention from a motivational perspective / Robin Stark and Heinz Mandl -- A theory of self-development : affective fixation and the STAR model of personality disorders and related styles / Julius Kuhl -- Developmental regulation across the life span : an action-phase model of engagement and disengagement with developmental goals / Jutta Heckhausen -- The interplay of work and family in young and middle adulthood / Bettina S. Wiese and Alexandra M. Freund -- Are discrepancies between developmental status and aspired goals a sufficient motivation for developmental progression? / Inge Seiffge-Krenke -- Cohort change in adolescent developmental timetables after German unification : trends and possible reasons / Rainer K. Silbereisen and Margit Wiesner -- Motivation and volition in pursuing personal work goals / Lutz von Rosenstiel, Hugo M. Kehr, and Günter W. Maier -- Self-starting behavior at work : toward a theory of personal initiative / Doris Fay and Michael Frese -- Stability and change in romantic relationships / Hans-Werner Bierhoff and Elke Rohmann -- Motivation for parenthood and early family development : findings of a five-year longitudinal study / Klaus A. Schneewind.