Rathbone, CJ, Salgado, S, Akan, M et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Imagining the future: a cross-cultural perspective on possible selves. Consciousness and Cognition, 42. pp. 113-124. ISSN 1053-8100
Abstract
This study examined the impact of culture on the qualitative and quantitative features of possible selves. Young adults from Turkey (n = 55), Serbia (n = 64), and the United Kingdom (n = 73) generated images of eight possible selves (e.g. I will be a doctor) which were dated and rated for vividness, positivity, imagery perspective, rehearsal, and according to whether or not they involved other people. All possible selves were coded according to categories (e.g. job, parenthood, self-improvement). There were cross-cultural differences in the types of possible selves generated and in the ratings for vividness, positivity, and rehearsal. Across all three cultures, specific possible selves were more frequently generated than abstract possible selves. Specific possible selves were rated as significantly more vivid and were dated as emerging later than abstract possible selves. Results are discussed with reference to cultural life scripts and the effects of culture on future cognitions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Consciousness and Cognition. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Possible self; Future self; Self-image; Identity; Future cognitions; Imagining; Life scripts |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2016 14:12 |
Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2017 03:49 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.03.008 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.concog.2016.03.008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96346 |