Future Self, Present Choices: Linking Identity and Health Outcomes

Call for Papers

Article Collection: Future Self, Present Choices: Linking Identity and Health Outcomes

Journal: Australian Journal of Psychology

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 20 November 2026

About the Article Collection

The Australian Journal of Psychology invites submissions for its Open Access Article Collection titled "Future Self, Present Choices: Linking Identity and Health Outcomes."

This collection explores how possible selves—our expectations, hopes, and fears about who we may become—shape present-day decisions, health behaviours, and psychological well-being. By bringing together research across developmental, social, cognitive, and health psychology, the collection aims to deepen understanding of how future-oriented self-concepts influence physical and mental health across the lifespan.

Researchers are encouraged to submit interdisciplinary studies that investigate the mechanisms linking identity, self-regulation, motivation, and behaviour, while highlighting applications in healthcare, education, and intervention design.

Topics of Interest

Submissions may address, but are not limited to:

• Possible selves and health-related behaviours

• Future self-concepts and psychological well-being

• Identity and decision-making processes

• Self-regulation and behavioural change

• Cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms

• Possible selves across developmental stages

• Aging, end-of-life, and chronic illness

• Adolescence, life transitions, and identity development

• Intervention-based applications of possible selves

• Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on future identity

Submission Guidelines

• Manuscript Submission Deadline: 20 November 2026

• This Article Collection will be published Open Access.

• Full-length research articles and brief reports are welcome.

• Authors should select the appropriate Article Collection during manuscript submission.

• Manuscripts must follow the journal's official author guidelines.

Article Collection Guest Advisors

• Dr. Alissa Dark-Freudeman, University of North Carolina Wilmington

• Dr. Mckenzie Honey, University of North Carolina Wilmington

• Dr. Linden Hillhouse, University of North Carolina Wilmington

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