Future orientation: A construct with implications for adolescent health and wellbeing

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 459-468

  Johnson, Sarah R Lindstrom ^a   Blum, Robert W ^b   Cheng, Tina L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Educational status; Employment; Future; Risk reduction behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CAREER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FATALITY; FUTUROLOGY; HOPE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT; OPTIMISM; ORIENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TIME; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; GOALS; HEALTH STATUS; HOPE; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84925227103     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: 21910278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0333     Document Type: Review

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