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ERIC Number: EJ952983
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Nov
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Future Orientation, Impulsivity, and Problem Behaviors: A Longitudinal Moderation Model
Chen, Pan; Vazsonyi, Alexander T.
Developmental Psychology, v47 n6 p1633-1645 Nov 2011
In the current study, based on a sample of 1,873 adolescents between 11.4 and 20.9 years of age from the first 3 waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we investigated the longitudinal effects of future orientation on levels of and developmental changes in problem behaviors, while controlling for the effects by impulsivity; we also tested the moderating effects by future orientation on the impulsivity-problem behaviors link over time. Additionally, we examined future orientation operationalized by items measuring education, marriage, and life domains. Findings based on growth curve analyses provided evidence of longitudinal effects by education and life future orientation on both levels of and developmental changes in problem behaviors; the effect of marriage future orientation was not significant for either test. In addition, only life future orientation moderated the effect by impulsivity on levels of problem behaviors over time. More specifically, impulsivity had a weaker effect on levels of problem behaviors over time for adolescents who reported higher levels of life future orientation. (Contains 4 tables, 2 footnotes and 2 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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