The Meaning of the Future: Toward a More Specific Definition of Possible Selves

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The interplay of possible language teacher selves in professional development choices (2013, background): “…current experienced states (Oyserman, Ager, & Gant, 1995), and partly because emotion requires an experienced state to exist (Boyatzis & Akrivou, 2006; Cantor, 1990), possible selves include an experience of what it would be like to be in that future state ‘from the inside’ (Erikson, 2007, p. 349).”
Motivation and Vision: An Analysis of Future L2 Self Images, Sensory Styles, and Imagery Capacity Across Two Target Languages (2013, background): “…63:3, September 2013, pp. 437–462 of perception (visual, auditory, olfactory, or tactile) and, indeed, experiencing ourselves as an agent in a future situation—which is what future self-guides are about—does logically encompass various sensual dimensions of the experience (cf. Erikson, 2007).”
The Motivational Theory of Role Modeling: How Role Models Influence Role Aspirants’ Goals (2015, background): “Self-efficacy is linked to subsequent motivation and performance (Bandura & Locke, 2003), to the probability of possible selves (Erikson, 2007), and to the value of a goal (Eccles & Wigfield, 2002).”
Helping and Hindering Undergraduate Women’s STEM Motivation: Experiences With STEM Encouragement, STEM-Related Gender Bias, and Sexual Harassment (2018, background): “The support or the discouragement of others may affect how students appraise future possibilities (Erikson, 2007).”