TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - "God, I don't want that woman to be right about me": memorable messages, reflected appraisals, and women's desistance
JO  - Victims and offenders
A1  - Stone, Rebecca
SP  - 671
EP  - 691
VL  - 14
IS  - 6
N2  - Theories of desistance as a process of identity change are increasingly popular, with recent attention shifting to valued relationships, reflected appraisals, and emotion. The current study explores a control theory perspective on "memorable messages." Messages recalled by a sample of mothers involved in substance use and criminal offending demonstrate how these messages inform identity standards and guide behavioral decision-making. Women reveal the emotions and subsequent behavior related to satisfying or violating their identity standards as "good mothers." The study concludes with a discussion of the potential theoretical contributions of this framework, as well as the implications for future identity and desistance research.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1556-4886
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2019.1630696
ID  - ref1
ER  -