Possible Selves: Students Orientating Themselves towards the Future through Extracurricular Activity.

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Young Children's Aspirations in Science: The unequivocal, the uncertain and the unthinkable (2013, background): “Thus, it seems that although students' positive attitudes about science could be contributing to an interest in pursuing science further, there is nevertheless a reluctance to take up an identity as a scientist or to embrace a scientist identity as a possible future self (Markus & Nurius, 1986 ; St”
‘It’s everything else you do…’: Alumni views on extracurricular activities and employability (2015, background): “Purcell et al. (2012) also noted that students from more advantaged backgrounds were a little more likely to pursue extracurricular activities and be office holders in them, and Stevenson and Clegg (2011) noted this too.”
Goals to change personality traits: Concurrent links between personality traits, daily behavior, and goals to change oneself. (2014, background): “Future researchers should also explore potential interventions and mechanisms that might facilitate volitional trait change—potentially including committing to different social roles that foster trait development (Hudson et al., 2012; Lehnart et al., 2010; Stevenson and Clegg, 2011), or guiding part”