<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Social and economic sustainability of countries globally largely depend on how well educational structures are capable of empowering future generations with skills and competencies to become autonomous and active citizens. Such competency is future planning, which is vital in the identity formation of youth in their developmental phase of emerging adulthood. The article below attempts to elaborate a predictive model of future orientation based on current and future norms, future interest and concern. The model was tested on a sample population of business school students (N=217) in their emerging adulthood. Norm acceptance ranking proved to be different for present and future times. Amongst a number of contextual variables shaping the formation of future plans concern has been found to hold the strongest predictive power.</p></abstract>

Social and economic sustainability of countries globally largely depend on how well educational structures are capable of empowering future generations with skills and competencies to become autonomous and active citizens. Such competency is future planning, which is vital in the identity formation of youth in their developmental phase of emerging adulthood. The article below attempts to elaborate a predictive model of future orientation based on current and future norms, future interest and concern. The model was tested on a sample population of business school students (N=217) in their emerging adulthood. Norm acceptance ranking proved to be different for present and future times. Amongst a number of contextual variables shaping the formation of future plans concern has been found to hold the strongest predictive power.

Development of a Future Orientation Model in Emerging Adulthood in Hungary

University of Southern Queensland, School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education, West Street, Toowoomba Qld 4350,

Corvinus University of Budapest, Department of Human Geography and Sustainable Development, Fıvám tér 8, 1093 Budapest,

Social Change Review

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Social and economic sustainability of countries globally largely depend on how well educational structures are capable of empowering future generations with...

Development of a Future Orientation Model in Emerging Adulthood in Hungary

Published Online: Feb 21, 2017

Page range: 69 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2016-0023

Keywords
Concern, Future orientation, Norms, Predictive modelling, Values

© by Zsuzsánna E. Horváth

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Development of a Future Orientation Model in Emerging Adulthood in Hungary

Published Online: Feb 21, 2017

Page range: 69 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2016-0023

KeywordsConcern, Future orientation, Norms, Predictive modelling, Values

© by Zsuzsánna E. Horváth

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Concern, Future orientation, Norms, Predictive modelling, Values