What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Social science
- Pedagogy
Dennis M. McInerney focuses on Social psychology, Academic achievement, Goal orientation, Psychometrics and Developmental psychology.
His study looks at the intersection of Social psychology and topics like Cultural group selection with Cross-cultural.
His Academic achievement research is classified as research in Mathematics education.
His studies in Goal orientation integrate themes in fields like Social environment and Mastery learning.
The concepts of his Psychometrics study are interwoven with issues in Construct and Industrial and organizational psychology.
His work in the fields of Developmental psychology, such as Aptitude, overlaps with other areas such as Achievement test.
His most cited work include:
- What do students say about their motivational goals?: Towards a more complex and dynamic perspective on student motivation (261 citations)
- Educational Psychology: Constructing Learning (239 citations)
- Psychological parameters of students' social and work avoidance goals : a qualitative investigation (210 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Dennis M. McInerney mostly deals with Social psychology, Academic achievement, Pedagogy, Mathematics education and Developmental psychology.
In his research, Psychometrics is intimately related to Cross-cultural, which falls under the overarching field of Social psychology.
Dennis M. McInerney combines subjects such as Self-concept, Applied psychology, Cultural diversity, Metacognition and Goal orientation with his study of Academic achievement.
His work carried out in the field of Goal orientation brings together such families of science as Confirmatory factor analysis, Goal theory, Social influence and Mastery learning.
In his research on the topic of Pedagogy, Educational research is strongly related with Sociocultural evolution.
His work in the fields of Mathematics education, such as Teacher education, intersects with other areas such as Sample.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (38.33%)
- Academic achievement (27.31%)
- Pedagogy (27.75%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?
- Social psychology (38.33%)
- Academic achievement (27.31%)
- Developmental psychology (14.98%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Dennis M. McInerney mainly focuses on Social psychology, Academic achievement, Developmental psychology, Goal orientation and Pedagogy.
His studies deal with areas such as Cross-cultural, Cultural group selection, Ethnic group and Well-being as well as Social psychology.
His Academic achievement research is under the purview of Mathematics education.
He studied Developmental psychology and Cultural diversity that intersect with Multiculturalism and Generality.
His Goal orientation study also includes
- Mastery learning that connect with fields like Social influence,
- Cognitive psychology which intersects with area such as Self-control, Psychometrics and Industrial and organizational psychology.
His research in Pedagogy intersects with topics in Mainstream, Content analysis and Fundamental attribution error.
Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Social media use and social connectedness in adolescents: The positives and the potential pitfalls (108 citations)
- Culture's Consequences on Student Motivation: Capturing Cross-Cultural Universality and Variability through Personal Investment Theory. (107 citations)
- Complementary Variable- and Person-Centered Approaches to the Dimensionality of Psychometric Constructs: Application to Psychological Wellbeing at Work (72 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Social science
- Pedagogy
His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Academic achievement, Developmental psychology, Pedagogy and Educational psychology.
He interconnects Cross-cultural and Well-being in the investigation of issues within Social psychology.
His Academic achievement research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Self-concept, Student engagement, Generality, Construct validity and Goal orientation.
His Self-concept study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Mathematics education and English second language.
His Developmental psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Social psychology, Identity formation and Tracking.
The various areas that Dennis M. McInerney examines in his Pedagogy study include Mainstream, Content analysis and Fundamental attribution error.
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