Envisioning Forward, Parenting Now: How Chinese Mothers’ Perceptions of Adolescents’ Possible Selves Motivate Their Current Parenting Practices
Journal of Adolescent Research
Published online on June 17, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Adolescent Research, Ahead of Print.
Visions of future possible selves are powerful motivators of human behavior. In adolescence, a pivotal period for identity formation, how parents envision and interpret their children’s futures, and how these visions are expressed and enacted in daily ...
Visions of future possible selves are powerful motivators of human behavior. In adolescence, a pivotal period for identity formation, how parents envision and interpret their children’s futures, and how these visions are expressed and enacted in daily ...