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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Adele Eskeles Gottfried is affiliated with California State University, Northridge in the United States. The primary field of study focuses on Psychology, with specific subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Psychological and Educational Research Studies
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Recent publications exhibit a focus on motivation, happiness, health, and family relationships over the lifespan. These papers include:

  • "Positive family relationships across 30 years: Predicting adult health and happiness." (2022) published in Journal of Family Psychology
  • "Identifying family personality profiles using latent profile analysis: Relations to happiness and health" (2021) published in Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Latent profiles of high school academic intrinsic motivation: Relations to educational attainment, curiosity, and work and leadership motivation in adulthood." (2023) published in Motivation Science
  • "Latent profile analysis of adolescent temperament: Relations to happiness and health in adulthood" (2023) published in Journal of Adolescence
  • "Cognitive mastery motivation antecedents of academic intrinsic motivation latent profiles: A longitudinal study from preschool to adolescence." (2024) published in Motivation Science

The frequent publication venues involved in their research are:

  • Motivation Science
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Journal of Happiness Studies

Frequent coauthors collaborating on multiple projects include:

  • Michelle C. Ramos
  • Kathleen S. J. Preston
  • Diana Wright Guerin
  • Allen W. Gottfried
  • Pamella H. Oliver

Recognition in the academic community includes being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1995 and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Continuity of academic intrinsic motivation from childhood through late adolescence: A longitudinal study.

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;James S. Fleming;Allen W. Gottfried

  • Academic intrinsic motivation in young elementary school children.

    Adele E. Gottfried

  • Academic Intrinsic Motivation in Elementary and Junior High School Students.

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried

  • Role of Parental Motivational Practices in Children's Academic Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement.

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;James S. Fleming;Allen W. Gottfried

  • Multivariate latent change modeling of developmental decline in academic intrinsic math motivation and achievement: Childhood through adolescence

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;George A. Marcoulides;Allen W. Gottfried;Pamella H. Oliver

  • Role of Cognitively Stimulating Home Environment in Children's Academic Intrinsic Motivation: A Longitudinal Study

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;James S. Fleming;Allen W. Gottfried

  • A latent curve model of parental motivational practices and developmental decline in math and science academic intrinsic motivation.

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;George A. Marcoulides;Allen W. Gottfried;Pamella H. Oliver

  • Educational Characteristics of Adolescents With Gifted Academic Intrinsic Motivation: A Longitudinal Investigation From School Entry Through Early Adulthood

    Allen W. Gottfried;Clayton R. Cook;Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Phillip E. Morris

  • A longitudinal analysis of relationships between adolescent personality and intelligence with adult leader emergence and transformational leadership

    Rebecca J. Reichard;Ronald E. Riggio;Diana Wright Guerin;Pamella H. Oliver

  • A Longitudinal Study of Academic Intrinsic Motivation in Intellectually Gifted Children: Childhood Through Early Adolescence

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Allen W. Gottfried

  • Maternal Employment, Family Environment, and Children’s Development

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Allen W. Gottfried;Kay Bathurst

  • Normative Data for the MMPI-2 in Child Custody Litigation.

    Kay Bathurst;Allen W. Gottfried;Adele E. Gottfried

  • Maternal employment and children's development : longitudinal research

    Robert John;Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Allen W. Gottfried

  • Motivational roots of leadership: A longitudinal study from childhood through adulthood☆

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Allen W. Gottfried;Rebecca J. Reichard;Diana Wright Guerin

  • Childhood and adolescent antecedents of social skills and leadership potential in adulthood: Temperamental approach/withdrawal and extraversion☆

    Diana Wright Guerin;Pamella H. Oliver;Allen W. Gottfried;Adele Eskeles Gottfried

  • Adolescent family environmental antecedents to transformational leadership potential: A longitudinal mediational analysis

    Pamella H. Oliver;Allen W. Gottfried;Diana W. Guerin;Adele Eskeles Gottfried

  • Redefining Families: Implications for Children's Development

    Patrick C. McKenry;Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Allen W. Gottfried

  • Toward the Development of a Conceptualization of Gifted Motivation

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Allen W. Gottfried

  • Longitudinal Pathways From Math Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement to Math Course Accomplishments and Educational Attainment

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;George A. Marcoulides;Allen W. Gottfried;Pamella H. Oliver

  • The Fullerton Longitudinal Study: A Long-Term Investigation of Intellectual and Motivational Giftedness

    Allen W. Gottfried;Allen W. Gottfried;Adele Eskeles Gottfried;Diana Wright Guerin

  • Relationships between academic intrinsic motivation and anxiety in children and young adolescents

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen W. Gottfried
Allen W. Gottfried California State University, Fullerton
Ronald E. Riggio
Ronald E. Riggio Claremont McKenna College
D. Betsy McCoach
D. Betsy McCoach University of Connecticut
Patrick C. McKenry
Patrick C. McKenry The Ohio State University

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