A possible selves intervention to enhance school involvement.

Full Abstract

We developed a 9-week after-school, small group, activities-based intervention focused on enhancing youth's abilities to imagine themselves as successful adults and connecting these future imagines to current school involvement. We describe and evaluate this programme comparing three cohorts of urban African American middle school students (n=62 experimental, n=146 control), controlling for sex and previous school involvement. By the end of the school year, intervention youth reported more bonding to school, concern about doing well in school, "balanced" possible selves, plausible strategies to attain these possible selves, better school attendance, and for boys, less trouble at school.Copyright 2002 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

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Author information

Author/s: Oyserman, Daphna (D); Terry, Kathy (K); Bybee, Deborah (D);

Affiliation: Daphna Oyserman, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1248, USA. daphna.(-atsign-)umich.edu

Grants: P50MH38330 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: Journal of adolescence (J Adolesc), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 25 (issue 3) : pp 313-26

Dates: Created 2002/07/19; Completed 2002/09/27; Revised 2007/11/14;

PMID: 12128042, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Identification (Psychology)
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Male
Poverty Areas
Problem Solving
Self Concept
Social Behavior Disorders - prevention & control
Students - psychology
United States
Vocational Guidance

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