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Jennifer A. Fredricks

Jennifer A. Fredricks

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Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
32333
World Ranking
8349
National Ranking
4446

Overview

Jennifer A. Fredricks is affiliated with Connecticut College in the United States. The research work primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with subfields including Safety Research, Social Psychology, and Education.

Their recent research includes a paper titled Groups, goals, and growth: How peer acceptance shapes student development in co-curricular activities, published in 2025 in the British Journal of Educational Psychology. This paper has received citations and involves collaboration with co-author Gregory Arief D. Liem.

The frequent co-authors associated with Fredricks include:

  • Gregory Arief D. Liem

Publication venues for the scientist's work are represented by the British Journal of Educational Psychology.

The main topics explored in the research encompass:

  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Parental Involvement in Education

Best Publications

  • School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence

    Jennifer A Fredricks;Phyllis C Blumenfeld;Alison H Paris

  • Children's competence and value beliefs from childhood through adolescence: growth trajectories in two male-sex-typed domains.

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Is extracurricular participation associated with beneficial outcomes? Concurrent and longitudinal relations.

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Inquiry in Project-Based Science Classrooms: Initial Attempts by Middle School Students

    Joseph Krajcik;Phyllis C. Blumenfeld;Ronald W. Marx;Kristin M. Bass

  • The Measurement of Student Engagement: A Comparative Analysis of Various Methods and Student Self-report Instruments

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Wendy McColskey

  • The reciprocal links between school engagement, youth problem behaviors, and school dropout during adolescence

    Ming-Te Wang;Jennifer A. Fredricks

  • Student engagement, context, and adjustment: Addressing definitional, measurement, and methodological issues

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Michael Filsecker;Michael A. Lawson

  • Development of Achievement Motivation and Engagement

    Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Jennifer A. Fredricks;Sandra Simpkins

  • Family socialization, gender, and sport motivation and involvement.

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Parental Influences on Youth Involvement in Sports.

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Measuring Student Engagement in Upper Elementary through High School: A Description of 21 Instruments. Summary. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 098.

    Jennifer Fredricks;Wendy McColskey;Jane Meli;Joy Mordica

  • The Math and Science Engagement Scales: Scale development, validation, and psychometric properties

    Ming-Te Wang;Jennifer A. Fredricks;Feifei Ye;Tara L. Hofkens

  • Developmental Benefits of Extracurricular Involvement: Do Peer Characteristics Mediate the Link Between Activities and Youth Outcomes?

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Extracurricular Involvement and Adolescent Adjustment: Impact of Duration, Number of Activities, and Breadth of Participation

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Participation in Extracurricular Activities in the Middle School Years: Are There Developmental Benefits for African American and European American Youth?

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Capturing Unique Dimensions of Youth Organized Activity Involvement Theoretical and Methodological Considerations

    Amy Bohnert;Jennifer Fredricks;Edin Randall

  • Families, Schools, and Developing Achievement-Related Motivations and Engagement.

    S. D. Simpkins;J. Fredricks;J. S. Eccles;Sandra Simpkins-Chaput

  • Adolescents' Commitment to Developing Talent: The Role of Peers in Continuing Motivation for Sports and the Arts

    Helen Patrick;Allison M. Ryan;Corinne Alfeld-Liro;Jennifer A. Fredricks

  • A Qualitative Exploration of Adolescents’ Commitment to Athletics and the Arts:

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Corinne J. Alfeld-Liro;Ludmila Z. Hruda;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Charting the Eccles' expectancy-value model from mothers' beliefs in childhood to youths' activities in adolescence.

    Sandra D. Simpkins;Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Using qualitative methods to develop a survey measure of math and science engagement

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Ming Te Wang;Jacqueline Schall Linn;Tara L. Hofkens

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine
Sandra D. Simpkins
Sandra D. Simpkins University of California, Irvine
Ming-Te Wang
Ming-Te Wang University of Pittsburgh
Allison M. Ryan
Allison M. Ryan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sandra L. Christenson
Sandra L. Christenson University of Minnesota
Robert W. Roeser
Robert W. Roeser Pennsylvania State University
Allan Wigfield
Allan Wigfield University of Maryland, College Park
Gabriele Oettingen
Gabriele Oettingen New York University
João Maroco
João Maroco ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Pamela E. Davis-Kean
Pamela E. Davis-Kean University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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