Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The Problem with Mathematics -- The Importance of Disaffection -- Disaffection with Mathematics -- Characterising Disaffection -- The Domain of Affect -- The Influence of ESM 63 -- Attitude -- Motivation -- Emotions -- Reversal Theory -- Reversal Theory -- Critique of Self Determination Theory -- The Structure of Affect -- The Studies -- The Main Study – Methods and Instruments -- The Incidence of Disaffection – Whole School Cohort Study -- Incidence of Disaffection – Quantitative Data from the Main Study -- The Case of Anna -- Images of Disaffection -- Why Aren’t I an A or B Anymore: The Case of Anna -- The Case of Helen -- The Case of Eve -- The Case of Meena -- The Case of Raz -- The Case of Masud -- The Case of Liam -- The Landscape of Disaffection -- Disaffection from a Reversal Theory Perspective -- Positive Experience of Mathematics -- Other Aspects of Disaffection -- Some Theoretical Perspectives on the Findings -- The Development of Cognitively-Mediated Structures -- The Landscape of Disaffection -- Structural Influences on Disaffection -- Motivation -- Individuality and Motivational Style -- Motivational Pathways -- Motivational Climate for Learning Mathematics -- Perspectives on Research into Disaffection -- Challenging Assumptions -- Use of Reversal Theory -- References.