Santilli Sara, Ginevra Maria Cristina, Coscioni Vinicius
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University Heidelberglaan, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Mar 10;15(3):338. doi: 10.3390/bs15030338.
Adolescents today face significant exposure to social inequalities and environmental crises, including the impacts of climate change, such as heatwaves, floods, and droughts. In addition, they encounter various forms of inequality, such as job insecurity, lack of affordable housing, and growing mental health challenges. Future perception is an essential variable in understanding how adolescents address these social and environmental challenges. Thus, this study adapted the Future Time Orientation Scale (FTOS) to the Italian context, assessing its validity and reliability for measuring psychological future orientation among Italian-speaking adolescents. Two studies were conducted: the first validated the FTOS through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, revealing two factors, "Impact" and "Distance". The second study examined the relationship between future time orientation, future orientation in the professional field, and adolescents' propensity to consider global challenges related to sustainable development. The results indicated that future orientation fully mediates the relationship between future time orientation and the tendency to consider global challenges in career decision-making. These findings underscore the importance of future orientation in shaping adolescents' sustainable career choices and suggest that career interventions promoting future time orientation may enhance their engagement with global challenges.
如今的青少年面临着严重的社会不平等和环境危机，包括气候变化的影响，如热浪、洪水和干旱。此外，他们还遭遇各种形式的不平等，如工作不稳定、缺乏经济适用房以及日益严峻的心理健康挑战。未来认知是理解青少年如何应对这些社会和环境挑战的一个重要变量。因此，本研究将未来时间取向量表（FTOS）改编至意大利语环境，评估其在测量意大利语青少年心理未来取向方面的有效性和可靠性。进行了两项研究：第一项研究通过探索性和验证性因素分析验证了FTOS，揭示了两个因素，即“影响”和“距离”。第二项研究考察了未来时间取向、职业领域的未来取向与青少年考虑与可持续发展相关的全球挑战的倾向之间的关系。结果表明，未来取向在未来时间取向与职业决策中考虑全球挑战的倾向之间的关系中起到了完全中介作用。这些发现强调了未来取向在塑造青少年可持续职业选择方面的重要性，并表明促进未来时间取向的职业干预可能会增强他们应对全球挑战的参与度。
