Possible Selves Among Urban Youths of Color: An Exploration of Peer Beliefs and Gender Differences

✍ Scribed by Justin C. Perry; Kristen S. Vance

• Book ID: 102288076
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 108 KB
• Volume: 58
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0889-4019
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2010.tb00191.x

✦ Synopsis

Drawing from possible selves theory (H. Markus & P. Nurius, 1986), this study explored the roles of peer beliefs about school and gender differences in the development of academic and occupational visions of the future among 216 urban youths of color. Peer beliefs were not related to career and educational possible selves. No gender‐based differences were found in educational possible selves; however, boys were more likely to report hoped‐for and expected possible selves with lower occupational prestige than were girls. Directions for future research and the implications for practice in counseling urban youths of color are discussed.