Development of Possible Selves in Adulthood

成年期可能的自我发展

• 批准号: 6479161
• 负责人: LESLIE D FRAZIER
• 金额: $ 6.84万
• 依托单位: FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-01 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6479161
• 关键词: age difference; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; culture; developmental psychology; human middle age (35-64); human old age (65+); human subject; identity; interview; model design /development; motivation; personality; psychological aspect of aging; psychological tests; quality of life; racial /ethnic difference; role; satisfaction; self concept; social model; social psychology; stress; young adult human (21-34)

Within the life-span developmental literature there has been a recent interest in determining how individuals are both the active producers and the products of their own development. Possible selves represent our developmental goals and serve as the motivational aspect of the self-system. They are the volitional component of self that emerge and change in an effort to selectively optimize development across the life- span. Possible selves offer one avenue for examining how individuals intentionally structure their development. Yet, the theoretical explanation for how developmental processes across the life-span become embodied in possible selves has not been clearly articulated. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to apply two theories of intentional development to possible selves. Specifically, this study will examine the influences of assimilative and accommodative processes and primary selective control and secondary compensatory control processes on the emergence and maintenance of possible selves in young, middle-aged, and older adults. There are several specific aims for the present study. First, to determine the influences of the developmental processes on possible selves in young, middle-aged, and older adults. Second, to determine how the patterns of influence among developmental processes and possible selves influence psychosocial outcomes such as life stress, well-being, and life satisfaction. Third, to determine how developmental, personality, and sociocultural influences may moderate the linkages among developmental processes and possible selves. A broad, long-term objective is to develop in the current cross-sectional pilot project a model of adaptation in sense of self across adulthood that can be empirically tested in a longitudinal project (to be submitted subsequently as an R01 proposal). Participants in the current study will be 192 young, 192 middle-aged, and 192 older adults from a diverse array of racial and ethnic backgrounds. Recruitment will take place at a local University as well as community centers, senior centers, religious organizations, healthcare related educational programs in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. The proposed structural model will be sequentially tested on two independent samples of at least 192 subjects per sample, with each sample stratified equally by each by age and gender within each of the three age groups. The first sample of at least 192 subjects will be used to test and trim the proposed model to obtain the best fit Data on the second sample of at least 192 subjects (likewise stratified by gender and age), will then be employed to test the model that results from the analysis (and trimming) on the first sample. The influences of different hypothesized moderator variables will be examined, and variations of the model will be tested to explicitly examine the stated aims of the project. By identifying a model of the influences of developmental processes on possible selves we hope to illuminate pathways to optimal development and point to ways individuals can cope better and become more resilient as they face developmental challenges across the life- span.

在生命周期发展文献中，最近人们对确定个体如何既是积极的生产者又是其自身发展的产物产生了兴趣。可能的自我代表了我们的发展目标，并作为自我系统的激励方面。它们是自我的意志组成部分，为了有选择地优化整个生命周期的发展而出现和变化。可能的自我提供了一种检验个人如何有意构建其发展的途径。然而，关于生命周期的发展过程如何体现在可能的自我中的理论解释尚未明确阐明。因此，本研究的目的是将两种意向发展理论应用于可能的自我。具体来说，本研究将探讨同化和调节过程以及初级选择性控制和次级补偿控制过程对年轻人、中年和老年人可能自我的出现和维持的影响。本研究有几个具体目标。首先，确定发展过程对青年、中年和老年人可能的自我的影响。其次，确定发展过程和可能的自我之间的影响模式如何影响心理社会结果，例如生活压力、幸福感和生活满意度。第三，确定发展、个性和社会文化影响如何调节发展过程和可能的自我之间的联系。一个广泛的长期目标是在当前的横断面试点项目中开发一种成年期自我意识适应模型，该模型可以在纵向项目中进行实证检验（随后作为 R01 提案提交）。本研究的参与者包括来自不同种族和民族背景的 192 名年轻人、192 名中年人和 192 名老年人。招聘将在迈阿密戴德县和布劳沃德县的当地大学以及社区中心、老年人中心、宗教组织、医疗保健相关教育项目进行。所提出的结构模型将在两个独立样本上依次进行测试，每个样本至少有 192 名受试者，每个样本在三个年龄组中按年龄和性别进行平等分层。至少 192 名受试者的第一个样本将用于测试和修剪所提出的模型，以获得至少 192 名受试者的第二个样本（同样按性别和年龄分层）的最佳拟合数据，然后将用于测试对第一个样本进行分析（和修剪）得出的模型。将检查不同假设调节变量的影响，并测试模型的变化，以明确检查项目的既定目标。通过确定发展过程对可能的自我影响的模型，我们希望阐明最佳发展的途径，并指出个人在一生中面临发展挑战时可以更好地应对并变得更有弹性的方法。