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Planning for the future
— a life management strategy for increasing control and life satisfaction in adulthood | | Author(s) | Kemberly M Prenda, Margie E Lachman |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 16, no 2, June 2001 |
| Pages | pp 206-216 |
| Keywords | Life satisfaction ; Well being ; Attitude ; Personality ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The social, personality, and cognitive correlates of self-reported future planning and the relationship of future planning in perceived control and life satisfaction were examined in two studies of two samples of adults aged 25-74. Findings suggest for Study 1 (sample size 2,971), that education, income, social support, predictability, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience were positively related to future planning, whereas Neuroticism and Agreeableness were negatively related. Men were more future oriented; as age increased, future planning decreased. Study 2 (sample size 300) replicated the findings with the exception of age, Agreeableness and Neuroticism. For both studies, results supported a model in which the effects of future planning on life satisfaction were mediated by sense of control. A Planning x Age interaction for Study 1 indicated that although self-reported future planning decreased with age, the positive effects of future-oriented planning strategies on life satisfaction were most pronounced for the older adults, and this relationship was also mediated for control beliefs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020111215 A |
| Classmark | F:5HH: D:F:5HH: DP: DK: 7T |
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