Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology
2019. Vol. 9, no. 3, 268–279
doi:10.21638/spbu16.2019.304
ISSN: 2658-3607 / 2658-6010 (online)
Possible and Impossible Selves: a Conceptual Framework
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Keywords: possible selves, self-regulation, impossible selves
Journal rubric: Theory and Methodology of Psychology
Article type: scientific article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu16.2019.304
Funding. The study was supported by a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of research project No. 17-06-01009.
For citation: Grishutina M.M., Kostenko V.Y. Possible and Impossible Selves: a Conceptual Framework. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology, 2019. Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 268–279. DOI: 10.21638/spbu16.2019.304. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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