Pawlak Simon, Moustafa Ahmed A
School of Psychology, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jun 19;14:1190546. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1190546. eCollection 2023.
Future-oriented thought is a broad construct that characterize the ability to generate mental representations of the future and project oneself into a variety of hypothetical states. It is well established that the degree to which one is focused more on the past, present, or future has a variety of implications on psychological functioning. This study focuses on the relationship between future-oriented thought and academic performance of students. To bridge this gap, we conducted the first systematic review investigating the benefit of future-oriented thought on promoting positive outcomes in academic settings. Our systematic review comprised 21 studies ( = 21). Results identified a clear relationship between future-oriented thought and positive outcomes in academic settings. Furthermore, our systematic review reveals important relationships between future-oriented thought and academic engagement, as well as future-oriented thought and academic performance. Our findings suggest that those who are more future-oriented demonstrate higher levels of academic engagement compared to those who were less future-oriented. Our findings suggest that probing and guiding students toward a future goal may increase their academic engagement and performance.
前瞻性思维是一个宽泛的概念，它描述了生成未来心理表征并将自己投射到各种假设状态的能力。人们已经充分认识到，一个人对过去、现在或未来的关注程度会对心理功能产生多种影响。本研究关注前瞻性思维与学生学业成绩之间的关系。为了弥补这一差距，我们进行了首次系统综述，调查前瞻性思维对在学术环境中促进积极成果的益处。我们的系统综述包括21项研究（N = 21）。结果确定了前瞻性思维与学术环境中的积极成果之间存在明确的关系。此外，我们的系统综述揭示了前瞻性思维与学术参与度之间的重要关系，以及前瞻性思维与学业成绩之间的重要关系。我们的研究结果表明，与前瞻性较低的人相比，前瞻性较高的人表现出更高水平的学术参与度。我们的研究结果表明，探究并引导学生朝着未来目标前进可能会提高他们的学术参与度和成绩。
