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“I Get Knocked Down But I Get Up Again”: Integrative Frameworks For Studying The Development Of Motivational Resilience In School, Ellen Skinner, Jennifer Pitzer Graham, Heather Anne Brule, Nicolette P. Rickert, Thomas Kindermann

Psychology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Many subareas share a common interest in students’ motivational resilience, defined broadly as patterns of action that allow students to constructively deal with, overcome, recover, and learn from encounters with academic obstacles and failures. However, research in each of these areas often progresses in relative isolation, and studies rarely utilize developmental or social-contextual approaches. As a result, we do not yet have a clear understanding of how to help children and adolescents develop a rich and flexible repertoire of tools to deal productively with everyday academic challenges and difficulties. In this article, we knit together these disparate areas of …