Possible identities are the positive and negative identities one might hold in the future. This
chapter reviews what is known about the content and consequences of possible identities …

Views on aging affect development across the life span through different pathways: They
create a developmental context for older people by influencing behavior toward them …

Successful aging, though controversial, is used as an overarching conceptual framework in
social gerontology. In this theory critique, the discourse of successful aging is identified as …

Identity refers to how people answer the question,“Who are you?” This question may be
posed and answered explicitly or implicitly, at a personal or a collective level, to others or to …

Possible selves are traditionally defined as conceptions of our selves in future states. The
author discusses the way the theory is used in the literature and argues that there is a need …

Although marketing researchers have recognized the importance of early life experiences in
shaping patterns of consumer behavior in later life, they have inadequate theoretical and …

Desired and feared possible future selves are important motivators of behavior and provide
a temporal context for self‐evaluation. Yet little research has examined why people desire …

We investigated whether the possible selves of men and women align with the gender-
differentiated social roles that are projected to vary across the lifespan. Across two studies …

In this chapter we explore the theoretical relevance of possible selves for understanding
adult development. We first describe the theoretical anchors that have influenced the way …

This paper reviews a comprehensive, proactivity-based model of successful aging (E.
Kahana & B. Kahana, 2003). Future orientation is considered as a motivational antecedent …