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Possible selves, strategies and perceived likelihood among adolescents in Hong Kong: desire and concern

“…Generally, girls cared more about interpersonal relationship than boys, while boys cared more about career (Brown & Diekman, 2010;Knox et al, 2000). In addition, boys had higher perceived likelihood for their FPS (Knox, Funk, Elliot, & Bush, 1998). This study also found that girls reported more possible selves strategies than boys.…”

“…For example, 'if one has the perseverance, one can even remove a hill, the symbolic obstacle, by carrying away the sand with baskets' (yugong yi shan; 愚公移山) (Lau, 1996), which emphasises the importance of effort rather than ability. However, career-related possible selves seem to be universally common possible selves among adolescents across different nationalities and ethnicities (Knox et al, 1998).…”

Will I get there? Effects of parental support on children's possible selves

“…In addition to these predictions, we explore the possibility that socio-emotional and pragmatic support will have unique contributions to likelihood and strategy generation across children. While girls outperform boys in school, literature to date has not uncovered consistent gender differences in school or career content of possible selves (e.g., Knox, Funk, Elliott, & Bush, 1998). Therefore, we explore but do not predict gender differences.…”

The role of feared possible selves in the relationship between peer influence and delinquency

“…Similarly, feared possible selves are believed to represent failures to achieve important goals; thus, individuals are motivated to avoid these possibilities. The concept of possible selves has been used to examine a variety of different phenomena and behaviors, including identity formation (Dunkel & Anthis, 2001), self-esteem and self-worth (Knox, Funk, Elliot, & Bush, 1998), academic performance (Fraser & Eccles, 1995a;Leonardi, Syngollitou, & Kiosseoglou, 1998;Oyserman, Bybee, Terry, & Hart-Johnson, 2004), health-related behaviors (Aloise- Young, Hennigan, & Leong, 2001), and delinquency (Oyserman & Markus, 1990a;Oyserman & Saltz, 1993), as well as gender and age-related differences (Anthis, Dunkel, & Anderson, 2004;Cross & Markus, 1991;Fraser & Eccles, 1995b;Knox, Funk, Elliot, & Bush, 2000).…”