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Title: Adolescents’ future-orientation

Adolescents’ future-orientation

Theory and research

by Janusz Trempala (Volume editor) Lars-Erik Malmberg (Volume editor)
©2002 Conference proceedings 134 Pages
Science, Society & Culture
Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes, Volume 691

Summary

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.

Details

Pages
134
Year
2002
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631391990
Language
English
Keywords
Society Philosophy Gesellschaft
Published
Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2002. 134 pp., num. ill. and tables

Biographical notes

Janusz Trempala (Volume editor) Lars-Erik Malmberg (Volume editor)

The Editors: Janusz Trempała received his M.A. (1977), Ph.D. (1983) and Habilitation (1993) in psychology from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). In 2001 the President of the Republic of Poland conferred him a title of Professor of Humanistic Sciences. He has taught, lectured, and conducted seminars on general and developmental psychology at many universities in Poland, including Bydgoszcz University of Casimirus the Great where he is deputy director of the Institute of Psychology and chairman of the Department of Human Development. Lars-Erik Malmberg received his MEd (1989) and EdD (1998) from Åbo Akademi University (Vasa, Finland). He has been lecturer and researcher at the Department of Teacher Education 1990-2001, focusing on quantitative methods, cross-cultural research and developmental psychology. He was a visiting fellow at Yale University, USA, 1999-2000.

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