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Adolescents' orientations towards the future: An alternative approach to assessing personal goals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Teresa M. Senserrick
Teresa M. Senserrick*
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University of Melbourne
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School of Behavioural Science, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, PARKVILLE 3052, Email: teresa_senserrick%psychology%[email protected]
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Abstract

As personal goals continue to be emphasised in theories and research on motivation and future orientation, methods for assessing such goals have diversified. Research with adolescent students shows limitations in prevalent methodologies for eliciting and classifying the content of personal goals. The Future Time Perspective (FTP) model of Joseph Nuttin (1984, 1985) offers an alternative approach. The advantages of the FTP approach are demonstrated by examining the goal profiles of one student using both the FTP and a contrasting methodology (Seginer, 1988). This example is taken from a pilot study of 100 Year 7 and Year 11 secondary school students.

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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 11 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Adolescence , May 1994 , pp. 24 - 33
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1994

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