TY - JOUR
T1 - Future orientation and health related factors among African American adolescents
AU - So, Suzanna
AU - Voisin, Dexter R.
AU - Burnside, Amanda
AU - Gaylord-Harden, Noni K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this study was provided by the Center for Health Administration Studies and the STI/HIV Intervention Network at the University of Chicago.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - African American youth are frequently confronted by economic and structural hardships, which can often suggest that their lives do not matter. This study examined the extent to which having high future orientation was related to a broad spectrum of health related factors. Among a sample of 638 largely low-income African American youth, this study assessed measures of demographics, future orientation, delinquency, sexual risk behaviors, and school engagement constructs. Major findings indicated that higher future orientation was related to lower levels of delinquency and a reduced likelihood of engaging in risky sex. In addition, stronger future orientation was related to higher levels of school bonding and student-teacher relationships. Overall, findings point to an overall protective relationship between future orientation and several health related factors among African American youth; this suggests that promoting a sense of future orientation among this population could be related to advancing more healthy youth development.
AB - African American youth are frequently confronted by economic and structural hardships, which can often suggest that their lives do not matter. This study examined the extent to which having high future orientation was related to a broad spectrum of health related factors. Among a sample of 638 largely low-income African American youth, this study assessed measures of demographics, future orientation, delinquency, sexual risk behaviors, and school engagement constructs. Major findings indicated that higher future orientation was related to lower levels of delinquency and a reduced likelihood of engaging in risky sex. In addition, stronger future orientation was related to higher levels of school bonding and student-teacher relationships. Overall, findings point to an overall protective relationship between future orientation and several health related factors among African American youth; this suggests that promoting a sense of future orientation among this population could be related to advancing more healthy youth development.
KW - African American youth
KW - Future orientation
KW - Health-related factors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.11.026
DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.11.026
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84949604305
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 61
SP - 15
EP - 21
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
ER -