Influence of Future Possible Selves on Outcome Expectancies, Intended Behavior, and Academic Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13664709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael D Barnett (0000-0002-0571-4884, Department of Psychology and Counseling, University of Texas at Tyler, USA, corresponding author), Joseph Hernández (0000-0002-0419-0847, New Mexico State University), Patrick R Melugin (0000-0002-3828-4868, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, USA) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 2320-2330 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0033294118806483 |
| PMID | 30426837 |
| OpenAlex | W2900559254 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether contact with future possible selves impacts individuals’ outcome expectancies, intended behaviors, and long-term outcomes with regard to academic performance. Specifically, we investigated whether having college students attempt to connect with an academically successful or unsuccessful future possible self through a message composition activity would impact their perceived likelihood of getting a good grade point average, intended academic engagement (i.e., intentions to attend class, study, etc.), and academic performance as measured by grade point average over two subsequent semesters. The study was novel in that we considered the role of temporal position—that is, the current self contacting a future possible self or a future possible self contacting the current self. Results found that students who composed a message from an academically unsuccessful future possible self to their current self had lower outcome expectancies—that is, they believed that they had less chance of obtaining a good grade point average—and lower intended academic engagement than a control group that composed a message to a friend; however, the groups did not vary in academic performance. It is possible that contact with a future possible self that was academically unsuccessful introduced a form of learned helplessness in those participants
Academic achievement · Class (philosophy · Developmental psychology · Learned helplessness · Outcome (game theory · Point (geometry · Applied Psychology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |