Left behind or moving forward? Effects of possible selves and strategies to attain them among rural Chinese children

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 245-258

  Bi, Chongzeng ^a   Oyserman, Daphna ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Migrant immigrant; Possible self; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CHINESE; DEPRESSION; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPTIMISM; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL; STEREOTYPING; STEREOTYPY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; MIGRATION; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84940037248     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.08.004     Document Type: Article

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