Possible Selves in Balance: Implications for Delinquency
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Possible selves and delinquency.
The relationship between possible selves and delinquency is explored. In this study, 238 youths between the ages of 13-16 who varied in the degree of their delinquency were asked to describe their possible selves. Although many similarities were found among their hoped-for selves, the groups of youth differed markedly in the nature of their expected and feared selves. The balance between expect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Social Issues
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0022-4537,1540-4560
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1990.tb01927.x