| Adolescents' Future-Orientation: Theory and Research Contributor(s): Trempala, Janusz (Editor), Malmberg, Lars-Erik (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631391994 ISBN-13: 9783631391990 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $63.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - Adolescent |
| Series: European University Studies: Series 6, Psychology |
| Physical Information: 134 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The primary focus of this volume is on the adolescents' ability to direct their thoughts and actions towards the future and to create mental construals of hypothetical future events: present images, wishes, hopes, fears and plans regarding action-goals in the future. The major aim is to understand how young people construct their future-oriented goals and the plans related to them as a means of navigating into adulthood, how these efforts are determined by their previous life history, and the extent to which they think future-orientation will influence their later lives. The contributions included in this volume take one further step towards a full understanding of these complex mechanisms. |