Adolescents' Possible Selves Data

This study examined adolescents' academic and STEM-career possible selves. Possible selves theory, developed by Markus and Nurius (1986), describes the relation between adolescents’ experiences and choices for the future. Specifically, possible selves involve future-oriented behaviors and goals, and they represent what one would like to become (i.e., hoped-for selves) and what one fears becoming (i.e., feared selves).