The Relationship between Future Time Perspective (FTP) and Children's School Adjustment

Chen Jingjing, Moro Yuji

doi:10.11201/jjdp.27.115

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児童・生徒の未来展望尺度の開発及び未来展望と学校適応感との関連
ジドウ・セイトノミライテンボウシャクドノカイハツオヨビミライテンボウトガッコウテキオウカントノカンレン

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<p>This research began with development of a scale to examine a child's future time perspective (FTP) in Study 1, and then examine how children's attitudes toward positive and negative aspects of the future influenced their adaptive behavior in school (Study 2). Questionnaire data from 347 elementary school in Study 1 were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis and indicated a 3 factor structure of FTP: “self-trust,” “trust in future society,” and “worry about the future.” In Study 2, a sample of 937 elementary and middle school students completed the FTP scale and a school maladaptation scale. Multiple regression analysis revealed a dynamic influence of FTP on the adaptive feelings of “relationships with friends” and “academic performance.” In Study 3, we used the FTP scale to conduct a longitudinal investigation of how one's affective attitudes about the future changes in the transition from elementary school to middle school. The results indicated that children's “worry about the future” significantly increased after the transition.</p>

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The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology

The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology 27 (2), 115-124, 2016

Japan Society of Developmental Psychology

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