TY - JOUR
T1 - Orientations to the future
T2 - a comparison of adolescents in Australia and Singapore
AU - Poole, Millicent E.
AU - Cooney, George H.
PY - 1987/4
Y1 - 1987/4
N2 - Using an event-listing approach, this study examined the personal and societal future orientations of 15-year-old males and females in Singapore and Sydney. Three aspects were examined: content, affect, and time span. Overall, the study found that adolescents perceived their personal and societal features in separate noninterlocking planes, seeing more pleasant, proximal, personal futures, and more unpleasant, distal, societal futures, especially in relation to nuclear war and political problems. Demographic and personal construct variables influenced this general pattern of future orientation.
AB - Using an event-listing approach, this study examined the personal and societal future orientations of 15-year-old males and females in Singapore and Sydney. Three aspects were examined: content, affect, and time span. Overall, the study found that adolescents perceived their personal and societal features in separate noninterlocking planes, seeing more pleasant, proximal, personal futures, and more unpleasant, distal, societal futures, especially in relation to nuclear war and political problems. Demographic and personal construct variables influenced this general pattern of future orientation.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02138916
DO - 10.1007/BF02138916
M3 - Article
C2 - 24277319
AN - SCOPUS:0000556425
VL - 16
SP - 129
EP - 151
JO - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
JF - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
SN - 0047-2891
IS - 2
ER -