Abstract
Using a mixed methods approach, the connection between Intentional Self Regulation (ISR) and feelings about the chances of achieving future aspirations among 94 Scottish youth (56% female) was examined. Regression analyses demonstrated ISR, as measured by the SOC 9-item scale, was predictive of youths’ feelings about their chances of achieving future aspirations. Qualitative data collected from 26 interviews suggested the use of ISR skills among adolescents, even when those skills were not evident quantitatively. Results indicated the need to employ mixed methodologies when conducting research on ISR with young adolescents, and suggest the need for further testing and development of measures for both ISR and beliefs about the chances of achieving future aspirations. Potential programmatic implications for youth development and character education programs are also discussed.This is a correction to the original article. For information about the changes made, please see the erratum https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2017.500.
Highlights
Adolescence is a time of rapid biological, emotional, and cognitive change
A significant linear relationship was found, F (3, 86) = 1.92, p < .05, supporting Hypothesis 1. This finding suggests that predicted feelings about the chances of achieving future aspirations increase as SOC scores increase
Intentional Self Regulation (ISR) appeared to be manifested among young adolescents in ways that quantitative measures alone can detect
Summary
Adolescence is a time of rapid biological, emotional, and cognitive change. During adolescence, youth planning for their futures burgeons, as does making decisions informed by goals (Gestsdottir & Lerner, 2008). In RDS metatheory, there is a rejection of reductionist and split conceptions, and a focus on such bidirectional exchanges between individuals and contexts (Overton, 2015). When such person ↔ context relations are mutually beneficial, they are considered adaptive (Brandtstädter, 1998). RDS emphasizes the potential for systematic change, for relative plasticity, within the individual and context (Lerner, 1984) This potential is an asset for finding means, and making behavioral adjustments, in pursuing one’s goals (Baltes, Lindenberger, & Staudinger, 2006)
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