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Feared Self

Feared Self is a possible self representing an individual’s vision of a future self that they dread becoming, distinguished by its role in motivating avoidance behaviors and shaping self-regulatory processes to prevent the realization of that aversive identity.

90

Publications

7.9K

Citations

201

Authors

121

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

19

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Publications

90

Positive illusions about the self: Short-term benefits and long-term costs.

Richard W. Robins, Jennifer S. Beer · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2001 · 671 citations

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A Collective Fear of the Collective: Implications for Selves and Theories of Selves

Hazel Rose Markus, Shinobu Kitayama · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1994 · 667 citations

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Desistance and the "Feared Self": Toward an Identity Theory of Criminal Desistance

Raymond Paternoster, Shawn D. Bushway · eYLS (Yale Law School) · 2009 · 593 citations · Full text

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From entrepreneurial intentions to actions: Self-control and action-related doubt, fear, and aversion

Marco van Gelderen, Teemu Kautonen, Matthias Fink · Journal of Business Venturing · 2015 · 454 citations · Full text

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Self-Discrepancies and Affect: Incorporating the Role of Feared Selves

Charles S. Carver, John Lawrence, Michael F. Scheier · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1999 · 432 citations

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Authors

201

  1. FA
    Frederick Aardema

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    14 publications · 586 citations

    14

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  2. SF
    Shiu F. Wong

    Concordia University, Canada

    7 publications · 232 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. AS
    Adam S. Radomsky

    Concordia University, Canada

    7 publications · 311 citations

    7

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  4. RM
    Richard Moulding

    Deakin University, Australia

    7 publications · 369 citations

    7

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  5. WA
    Willem A. Arrindell

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    4 publications · 76 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

121

  1. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    775 citations

  2. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    679 citations

  3. Deakin University

    Burwood, Australia

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    638 citations

  4. Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec

    Québec, Canada

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    574 citations

  5. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    175 citations

  6. Swinburne University of Technology

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    489 citations

  7. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    525 citations

  8. Universitat de València

    Valencia, Spain

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    102 citations

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Venues

  1. 10

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  2. Behaviour Research and Therapy

    8 publications · 662 citations

    8

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  3. Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy

    3 publications · 62 citations

    3

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  4. Self and Identity

    3 publications · 144 citations

    3

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  5. Journal of Anxiety Disorders

    3 publications · 72 citations

    3

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