Visions about future: a new scale assessing optimism, pessimism, and hope in adolescents

This article reports the development and psychometric properties of visions about future (VAF), an instrument assessing hope, optimism, and pessimism. Three different studies involving Italian adolescents were conducted. With the first study 22 items were developed and the factor structure was verif...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal for educational and vocational guidance Jg. 17; H. 2; S. 187 - 210
Hauptverfasser: Ginevra, Maria Cristina, Sgaramella, Teresa Maria, Ferrari, Lea, Nota, Laura, Santilli, Sara, Soresi, Salvatore
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.07.2017
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Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:
Academic Achievement
Adolescent Literature
Adolescents
Behavioral Science Research
Behavioral Sciences
Beliefs
Career Planning
Education
Expectation
Factor Structure
Foreign Countries
Guidance
International and Comparative Education
Life Satisfaction
Measurement Techniques
Measures (Individuals)
Negative Attitudes
Optimism
Pessimism
Positive Attitudes
Professional and Vocational Education
Psychological Patterns
Psychometrics
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Self Efficacy
Teenagers
Validity
Vocational Adjustment
Italy
Pessimism
Hope
Optimism
ISSN:0251-2513, 1873-0388, 1573-1782
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Zusammenfassung:This article reports the development and psychometric properties of visions about future (VAF), an instrument assessing hope, optimism, and pessimism. Three different studies involving Italian adolescents were conducted. With the first study 22 items were developed and the factor structure was verified. The second study, involving a second sample of adolescents, confirmed the instrument’s multidimensional structure and evaluated the convergent validity of VAF with self-report measures of hope, optimism, and pessimism. Moreover, it showed that VAF correlated with life satisfaction and career adaptability. The third study involved a third sample of adolescents and verified the measurement invariance across gender.
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ISSN:0251-2513
1873-0388
1573-1782
DOI:10.1007/s10775-016-9324-z