{"product_id":"9780803215191","title":"Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 2001, Volume 48: Agency, Motivation, and the Life Course","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn what ways do individuals influence the course of their lives? How do people construct a unique life path within the opportunities and constraints afforded by their world? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines how agency in the life course can be conceptualized and investigates the specific ways in which personal characteristics and contextual variables play a role in shaping individual lives. The contributors offer differing perspectives on agency, how its expression changes over a lifetime, and how it is constrained, channeled, or altered by cultural and social institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter focuses on one aspect of individual agency that can have a cumulative influence on an individual's life. Following an overview of the subject by Lisa J. Crockett, Jochen Brandtstädter and Klaus Rothermund provide a life-span model of agency focused on \"intentional self-development\" and goal accommodation. Ellen Skinner and Kathleen Edge discuss the development of coping, a potential underpinning of agency. In a concluding essay, Michael J. Shanahan and Glen H. Elder Jr. examine agency within a life-course framework, showing that the impact of individual agency on people's lives depends on the opportunities and constraints present during a particular historical era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNP - Nebraska","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016372863216,"sku":"9780803215191","price":47.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803215191_p0.jpg?v=1763666766","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803215191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}