Adolescent Future Expectations of Work, Education, Family, and Community Development of a New Measure

The development and validation of a measure of adolescent future expectations associated with work, education, family, health, and church/community participation is presented. The 25-item measure was administered to a sample of 389 7th- to 12th-grade urban poor and working-class Chilean students. Re...

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Published in:Youth & society 2008-12, Vol.40 (2), p.182-202
Main Authors: McWhirter, Ellen Hawley, McWhirter, Benedict T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent Attitudes
Adolescents
Chile
Community Attitudes
Community development
Community involvement
Community Programs
Comparative Analysis
Cultural factors
Economically Disadvantaged
Educational Attitudes
Educational Plans
Expectation
Expectations
Factor Analysis
Factor Structure
Family Attitudes
Family work relationship
Foreign Countries
Future Orientations
Health education
Indexes
Internal Consistency
Interviews
Life Plans
Measurement Techniques
Measures (Individuals)
Participation
Predictor Variables
Questionnaires
Religious education
Rotation
Self Efficacy
Social Participation
Student Attitudes
Urban areas
Urban poverty
Urban Youth
Validity
Work Attitudes
Working Class
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Summary:The development and validation of a measure of adolescent future expectations associated with work, education, family, health, and church/community participation is presented. The 25-item measure was administered to a sample of 389 7th- to 12th-grade urban poor and working-class Chilean students. Results of an exploratory principal axis factor analysis with oblimin (oblique) rotation revealed a five-factor structure for the measure. Evidence of concurrent validity is supported by subscale correlations with a series of other measures, and internal consistency estimates for subscales and the full scale are strong. This promising measure has potential utility for understanding Chilean and other adolescents' future expectations in distinct domains. Recommendations for additional research are provided, including validation of this measure in other national and cultural contexts.
ISSN:0044-118X
1552-8499
DOI:10.1177/0044118X08314257