Future Orientation Developmental and Ecological Perspectives /

• Main Author: Seginer, Rachel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychiatry.; Education.; Social work.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Education, general.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Social Work.

Where am I going? What do I want to do with my life? Such questions are typical of—even essential to—adolescence 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 Evolvement of Future Orientation: Infancy Through Middle Childhood
• Future Orientation in Personality Contexts
• Future Orientation Sex Differences
• The Effect of Parenting on Future Orientation
• The Effect of Contemporaries: Siblings and Peers
• Future Orientation Outcomes
• Summary, Conclusions and Future Directions for Research and Action.