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Reed W. Larson
Researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Publications - 182
Citations - 27117
Reed W. Larson is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. The author has contributed to research in topics: Positive Youth Development & Youth studies. The author has an hindex of 74, co-authored 181 publications receiving 25821 citations. Previous affiliations of Reed W. Larson include Claremont Graduate University & University of Chicago.
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Experiential Correlates of Time Alone in Adolescence
TL;DR: For instance, this article found that adolescents who spend a moderate amount of time alone (about 30 % of their waking time) tend to show better overall adjustment than adolescents who are either never alone or spend more than the optimal proportion of time on their own.
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Variations of Experience in Formal and Informal Sport
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) to monitor the ongoing experience of 75 adolescents and compared three sport contexts: organized sport, informal sport, and physical education class.
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Intrinsic motivation and positive development
Reed W. Larson,Natalie Rusk +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter synthesizes the research, showing how the psychological state of IM is associated not only with enhanced engagement and perseverance in an activity, but also with greater use of meta-cognitive strategies and deeper processing of information.
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Introduction: The changing life space of early adolescence.
TL;DR: This special issue maps the daily experience of white American 5th–9th graders, describing both the quantities of time they spend in different contexts and the affective states associated with these contexts.
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Intrinsic Rewards in School Crime
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose that the state of enjoyment occurs when a person is challenged at a level matched to his level of skills and that the experience of meetable challenges requires the perception of a constrained set of possible actions, clearly defined goals, and opportunities for unambiguous feedback.