Expecting to Work, Fearing Homelessness: The Possible Selves of Low-Income Mothers
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Expecting to work, fearing homelessness: The possible selves of low-income mothers.
We explored the content of possible selves of low-income mothers and the strategies they have to work on their possible selves. Positive, expected possible selves focused on getting a job, making ends meet and caregiving. Negative, to-be-avoided possible selves focused on failing to make ends meet, losing (or not getting) jobs, and problems with mental health. Immediate social context, rather t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Social Psychology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0021-9029,1559-1816
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00484.x