Possible Selves and Negative Health Behaviors During Early Adolescence

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ID11670910
AutoresPatricia A Aloise‐Young (0000-0001-6375-1352, Colorado State University, autor correspondente), Karen M Hennigan (University of Southern California), Cynthia W Leong (St. John's University)
Ano2001
Volume21
Fascículo2
Páginas158-181
Data de publicação2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431601021002002
OpenAlexW2092154070
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas25

The relation of the possible selves to cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption was the focus for this study. Participants (1,606 students in Grades 6 through 9) listed their possible selves and reported their cigarette and alcohol use. The results revealed that adolescent cigarette smoking and alcohol use were related negatively to (a) the number of positive expected selves and (b) the balance between expected selves and feared selves. However, when both possible-selves variables were entered in the model simultaneously, only the number of positive expected selves consistently was related to negative health behavior. In addition, the number of positive expected selves was related more strongly to the negative health behavior of eighth and ninth graders than to that of sixth and seventh graders. The findings from the present study are contrasted with previous research. In addition, the utility of an intervention involving the possible selves is discussed

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Cigarette smoking · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Health behavior · Intervention (counseling · Ninth · Psychiatry · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology