
Vanda Capon-SieberMarie Meierhofer-Institut für das Kind and University of Zurich
Vanda Capon-Sieber
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May 2018 - October 2018
July 2016 - December 2016
March 2014 - March 2016
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People who believe that willpower is not limited exhibit higher self-regulation and well-being than people who believe that willpower is a limited resource. So far, only little is known about the antecedents of people’s beliefs about willpower. Three studies examine whether autonomous goal striving promotes the endorsement of a nonlimited belief an...
As part of the social distancing measures for preventing the spread of COVID-19, many university courses were moved online. There is an assumption that online teaching limits opportunities for fostering interpersonal relationships and students’ satisfaction of the basic need for relatedness – reflected by experiencing meaningful interpersonal conne...
This systematic literature review was conducted in order to further the understanding of how learning processes act as mediators between teaching quality and student achievement. Eighteen quantitative studies were included for analysis. In 24 of 53 mediation paths (45%) learning processes were identified and confirmed as mediators and in 29 mediati...
The Three Basic Dimensions (TBD) model, the leading model of teaching quality in German-speaking countries, theorizes three mediation paths for the effect of teaching quality on student outcomes. However, the existence of these paths and their effects have largely not been empirically tested. This study investigated the mediating role of depth-of-p...
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Training schoolchildren in basic life support (‘Kids-Save-Lives’ training) is widely believed to improve outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Numerous programmes have been launched, but to our knowledge, neither children nor schoolteachers have been directly involved in designing these courses. This is unfortunate, as it is well...
Eine besondere Herausforderung im Onlineunterricht stellt die Aufrechterhaltung der intrinsischen Motivation dar, da viele Interaktionsmöglichkeiten unter Studierenden wegfallen. Bislang ist wenig bekannt, wie Lernumgebungen im Onlineunterricht gestaltet werden sollten, um zur Befriedigung des Grundbedürfnisses nach sozialer Eingebundenheit und dad...
This study used an integrated theoretical approach to investigate teacher motivation and its influence on teaching quality. Drawing on Expectancy-Value-Theory and Achievement-Goal-Theory, a person-centered approach was used to investigate how multiple characteristics (i.e., self-efficacy, enthusiasm, and goal orientation) combined to form teachers’...
The strength model of self-control proposes that all acts of self-control are energized by one global limited resource that becomes temporarily depleted by a primary self-control task, leading to impaired self-control performance in secondary self-control tasks. However, failed replications have cast doubt on the existence of this so-called ego dep...
Is the way that kindergarteners view their willpower – as a limited or as a non-limited resource – related to their motivation and behavioral self-regulation? This study is the first to examine the structure of beliefs about willpower in relation to behavioral self-regulation by interviewing 147 kindergarteners (52% girls) aged 5 to 7 years (M = 6....
This initial report gives an overview of some preliminary results. Please note that due to the explorative nature of some analyses, the significant tests should only be used to aid interpretation. We recommend focusing to the effect sizes presented when interpreting the results (see Wasserstein & Lazar, 2016). The interim report starts by describin...
Although providing support in romantic relationships is important for the well-being of both partners, providing support can be effortful. People have varying implicit theories about the exertion of effort; limited willpower theorists believe that mental resources become exhausted with use, while nonlimited willpower theorists believe that exerting...
*Draft version 01/11/19 submitted for peer review.*
Abstract: The strength model of self-control proposes that all acts of self-control are energized by one global limited resource that becomes temporarily depleted by a primary self-control task, leading to impaired self-control performance in secondary self-control tasks. However, failed replicat...
What people believe about their capacity to exert self-control (willpower), whether it is a limited or a nonlimited resource, affects their self-regulation and well-being. The present research investigated age-related differences in people’s beliefs—called implicit theories—about willpower. Study 1 (n = 802, age range 18–83 years) showed that with...
Autonomy support is considered as an important predictor of intrinsic motivation in sport environments. Referring to previous studies, which showed that the relationship between autonomy and motivation is influenced by an autonomy disposition, we aim to test the underlying fit hypothesis of intrinsic motivation in physical education classes. It is...
Autonomieförderung gilt als ein wichtiger Prädiktor für intrinsische Motivation im Sport. Anlehnend an bestehende Arbeiten, die zeigen, dass der Zusammenhang von Autonomie und Motivation durch Unterschiede in der dispositionellen Autonomieneigung moderiert wird, prüft die vorliegende Arbeit die zugrundeliegende Passungshypothese für intrinsische Mo...
Bei der Entwicklung junger Talente im Leistungssport stellt sich regelmäßig die Frage nach verbesserten Auswahlkriterien. Im Rahmen der Talentdiagnostik im Leistungssport gelten implizite Motive als vielversprechende Prädiktoren für langfristige Leistungen. Ein Faktor der bisher im Sportkontext nicht berücksichtigt wurde, ist die unbewusste Impulsk...
Research on performance and participation in (elite) sports has predominantly focused on variables relating to the achievement motive. However, some authors describe that athletes in interactive sports (e.g., tennis) are assumed to exhibit a strong power motive in order to win competitive matches, usually resulting in the demonstration of dominance...