Daphna oyserman, deborah bybee, and kathy terry, the institute for. Professor oyserman s possible selves approach has a sound theoretical basis and has been empirically supported by experimental and longitudinal evidence. Pathways to success through identitybased motivation ebook. The relationship between possible selves and delinquency is explored. Discusses how motivation works, why education matters, and how to develop an identitybased motivation intervention. Competence, delinquency, and attempts to attain possible selves.
Adolescent identity and delinquency in interpersonal context. Egosystem and ecosystem goals and adjustment to college, jennifer crocker, juliana g. Envisioning ones future healthy self, the self who can. Identity processes, possible selves, wellbeing, and the resilient self. Content and function across gender, race and national origin pp. Journal of personality and social psychology, 591, 112125. Daphna oyserman michael gordon uncategorized 3 comments may 21, 2019 june 11, 2019 4 minutes multivariate analyses of dr. The relationship between delinquent involvement and the perceived importance of a variety of others in influencing, creating, and sustaining identity was explored in four subsamples n238 of teens of varying levels of official delinquency. According to a study conducted by psychologists neil lewis of the university of. Why academic tenacity matters scientific american blog network. Featuring 72 articles from historic greats and current leaders, this book balances seminal works with contemporary perspectives. Daphna oyserman is assistant professor of psychology at hebrew university.
Survey methods in multinatinal, multiregional and multicultural. Chapter 2 the possible selves of diverse adolescents. New directions for adult and continuing education, no. My research interests are at the interface of social, cultural and developmental psychology. Conflict and growth in the teenage years, basic books, new. Agera socially contextualized model of african american identity.
Pathways to success through identitybased motivation daphna oyserman. Selfconcept is relevant across a wide range of domains e. Oyserman university of michigan school of social work. African american identity and possible selves daphna oyserman, kathy harrison.
Thats the lesson from a study of rural chinese children whose parents have left. In addition, gender and ethnicity have been addressed in a number of possible selves studies. Markus temporal comparisons, identity, and motivation. How and when possible selves impel action daphna oyserman, deborah bybee, and kathy terry the university of michigan puzzled by the gap between academic attainment and academic possible selves apss among lowincome and minority teens, the authors hypothesized that apss alone are not enough unless linked with. Outlines how to harness aspirations and provides evidence that this method works as well as the intervention manual itself. Pathways to success through identitybased motivation 1st. Although many similarities were found among their hopedfor selves, the groups of youth differed markedly in the nature of their expected and feared selves. By seeking year 11 pupils evaluations of their possible. Identitybased motivationand school success, daphna oyserman. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The concept of possible selves, first brought to life only a short time ago by hazel markus and paula nurious 1986 has grown into an exciting stream of research. Daphna oyserman is a deans professor in the department of psychology and of education.
Experienced difficulty in this case reflects that this not likely or even. In this study, 238 youths between the ages of 16 who varied in the degree of their delinquency were asked to describe their possible selves. Positive academic possible selves have been linked to selfregulation at school oyserman et al. As hypothesized, endorsing individualism as a worldview was related to focusing on private aspects of the self and. Despite the assumed importance of schoolfocused possible identities for academic motivation and outcomes, interventions rarely assess the effect of. Pathways to success through identitybased motivation kindle edition by oyserman, daphna. Scholars have examined possible selves with regard to a host of adolescent outcomes, including academic achievement, school persistence, career expectations, selfesteem, delinquency, identity development and altruistic behaviours. Focusing on when the futureself matters and how to reduce the shortfall between the self that one aspires to become and the outcomes that one actually attains, oyserman introduces the reader to the core theoretical framework of identitybased motivation ibm theory. How and when possible selves impel action, journal of personality and social psychology packard, b. Does metaphor use have consequences for peoples motivation to engage in goaldirected action. Explored some aspects of the subjective experience of individualism and collectivism in israel, a society that simultaneously emphasizes both worldviews. Science games and the development of scientific possible. Future time perspective, possible selves, and academic achievement angeliki leondari.
Daphna oyserman, a psychologist and professor of education and communication at the university of southern california, has a theory about the link between academic success and. Pathways to success through identitybased motivation provides students with the frameworks, time and space to consider who they hope to be as adults and recognize that what they are doing right now offers them a pathway to achieving their future possible selves. Marsh 1990a and is an important influence on motivational processes such as goal setting and selfregulation i. By providing concrete positive expected and negative tobeavoided future images, possible selves personalize goals and connect current behaviors to future states. Hang cheung, daphna oyserman published 16 jun 2014. The educationfocused possible selves of lowincome mothers.
This book turns the tables on the way prejudice has been looked at in the past. Apr 14, 2014 daphna oyserman, kathy terry, and deborah bybee. Possible selves are visions of the self in a future state. Daphna oyserman michael gordon uncategorized 3 comments may 21, 2019 june 11, 2019 4 minutes dr. People commonly talk about goals metaphorically as destinations on physical paths extending into the future or as contained in future periods. Over 250 separate journal articles and books written by canadian citizens or residents were.
Daphna oyserman has been researching culture, identity and the interaction of these constructs as they impact social and psychological development of children and families across three continents during her career. Effects of parental support on childrens possible selves pages 435453 authors. Reprint requests and correspondence should be addressed to. Work barriers in the context of pathways to the employment of welfaretowork clients. Institute for social research, university of michigan, 426 thompson, ann arbor mi 481061248. School success, possible selves, and parent school. Science games and the development of scientific possible selves. The ninth edition of curriculum leadership is a selection of readings that presents the knowledge, skills, and alternative strategies needed by curriculum planners and teachers at all levels of education, from early childhood through adulthood. In pathways to success through identitybased motivation daphna oyserman focuses on situational constraints and affordances that trigger or impede taking action. More delinquent teens were more likely to view conventional peers, delinquent peers and lifestyles, or no one at all as influencing their sense of self. Researchers found that leftbehind students who had more strategies to attain their possible selves scored better on their exams a year later and were less likely to. What amazes me is that even though the possible selves approach is developed in north america, i think it potentially has the universality to work well in an asian context as well.
Oct 20, 2015 a child who feels left behind can still get ahead. Ss were arab and jewish israeli students study 1 n 211, study 2 n 370, study 3 n 160, and study 4 n 280. According to a study conducted by psychologists neil lewis of the university of michigan and daphna oyserman of the. Aug 08, 2018 researchers found that leftbehind students who had more strategies to attain their possible selves scored better on their exams a year later and were less likely to be depressed, oyserman said. Selfconcept is defined as a persons selfperceptions of their abilities in a domain e. Frazier, karen hooker chapter 4 gender and possible selves pp. Using the lens of possible selves to explore access to. Adults possible selves have been associated with parenthood, physical and mental health, selfesteem, motivation, professional roles, coping and ageing. Broadly speaking, i am interested in understanding how the selfconcept including social identities, such as racial identity, and personal identities. Teens with future plan can beat childhood adversity. Focusing on when the futureself matters and how to reduce the shortfall between the self that one aspires to become and the outcomes that one actually attains, oyserman introduces the. For this reason an elaboration of the dynamics of possible selves seems timely. Readings for developing quality educational programs, 10e combines highquality articles with cases that illustrate prek through high school curriculum development in action. After the sudden death of her husband, sheryl sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again.
Crucially, vague, general possible selves lacking behavioural strategies cannot function to guide selfregulation because they neither provide a specific picture of ones goals nor a roadmap of how to reduce the discrepancies between the present and ones future possible selves oyserman et. Pathways to success through identitybased motivation. The book offers a variety of learning experiences for students with wideranging interests, learning styles, and backgrounds. Oyserman, daphna, bybee, deborah and terry, kathy in press possible selves and academic outcomes. A possible selves intervention to enhance school involvement. Daphna oyserman focusing on when the futureself matters and how to reduce the shortfall between the self that one aspires to become and the outcomes that one actually attains, oyserman introduces the reader to the. I like the idea of possible self and i think it is how i ended up throwing the discus for utah state. Scholars have examined possible selves with regard to a host of adolescent outcomes, including academic achievement, school persistence, career expectations, selfesteem, delinquency. Daphna oyserman at university of southern california. Pathways to success through identitybased motivation by. Daphna oyserman has been researching culture, identity and the interaction of these constructs. While she is currently the deans professor of psychology and codirector. In the continuing analysis of sex and gender differences, there is a growing awareness of the possibility of fundamental differences in how women and men perceive themselves and their worlds, in how they take meaning, and in how they come to know or reason e.
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