Future Orientation Developmental and Ecological Perspectives /

• Main Author: Seginer, Rachel. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality,
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Psychiatry.; Social work.; Applied psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Education (general).; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Social Work.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b106810

Where am I going? What do I want to do with my life? Such questions are typical ofeven essential toadolescence and continue to influence individuals throughout their lifetimes. And although human beings are capable of anticipating future events even as infants, the teen years are the peak period f...

Table of Contents:

• Future Orientation: A Conceptual Framework
• The Evolution of Future Orientation from Infancy to Early and Middle Childhood
• Future Orientation in Personality Contexts
• How Gender Affects Future Orientation in Different Cultural Contexts
• The Affect of Parenting on Future Orientation
• The Parenting Mediating Model: The Pivotal Role of the Self
• The Affect of Contemporaries: Siblings and Peers
• Future Orientation Outcomes
• Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions for Research and Youth Programs
• Appendix: The Assessment and Coding of Future Orientation.