Perceptions of the Future in Adolescence Predict Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence and Early and Middle Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Allemand, Mathias; Fend, Helmut A.; Hill, Patrick L.
Titel	Perceptions of the Future in Adolescence Predict Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence and Early and Middle Adulthood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 58 (2022) 11, S.2197-2209 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Allemand, Mathias)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001424
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Adults; Foreign Countries; Self Determination; Adolescent Development; Measures (Individuals); Age Differences; Predictor Variables; Germany; Beck Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Selbstbestimmung; Messdaten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prädiktor; Deutschland
Abstract	The current longitudinal study examined the predictive associations between the development of future perceptions in adolescence and depressive symptoms in adolescence and early and middle adulthood. Participants (N = 1,527; 48.3% female; broadly representative of Western Germany with respect to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status) were measured yearly in adolescence at the age of 12 to 16 years and then in adulthood at the age of 35 and 45. Future perceptions were assessed during adolescence, whereas depressive symptoms were assessed at the age of 16, 35, and 45. Three important results stand out. First, the measure of future perceptions functioned equivalently across adolescence. Second, the development of future perceptions during adolescence varied across individuals, though mean-level stability was evidenced in the sample. Third, individual differences in the level and change of future perceptions during adolescence predicted depressive symptoms in adolescence and adulthood. These findings demonstrate that one's perception of the future not only has short-term affective consequences but may have long-term effects on depressive symptoms beyond adolescence. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01