RT journal article
T1 Future expectations of adolescents in Residential Care: The role of self-perceptions
A1 Sánchez Sandoval, Yolanda
A1 Aragón, Claudia
A1 Verdugo Ramírez,  Laura
A2 Psicología
K1 Residential care
K1 Adolescents
K1 Future expectations
K1 Acogimiento Residencial
K1 Adolescentes
K1 Expectativas Futuras
AB Background: This study aims to analyze the role of some personal (gender, age, self-perceptions) and contextual variables (living in residential care [RC] vs family) related to developing positive future expectations (FE) among adolescents.Method: Participants were 758 children aged between 12 and 18 years (46 were in RC, the remaining 712 were their classmates). Self-esteem, life satisfaction, and FE were evaluated.Results: Most adolescents perceived their future positively. Girls and older children generally had more negative ratings. Children in RC had positive mean levels of self-esteem, life satisfaction, and FE, although significantly lower than those of their peers. Regression analysis showed that age, RC, self-esteem, and life satisfaction explain approximately 30% of global FE. The structural equation model indicated a direct relationship between self-perceptions (self-esteem and life satisfaction) and FE, whereas RC had an inverse relationship with self-perceptions. These relationships accounted for 59.8% of the total variance of FE.Conclusions: This study identified individual and contextual factors involved in the development of positive FE during adolescence, focusing mainly on children placed in RC. The implications of these results are discussed for the design of interventions with this group.
PB Elsevier
SN 0190-7409
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38442
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38442
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026