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Adolescent Future Expectations of Work, Education, Family, and Community: Development of a New Measure

University of Oregon

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	Abstract

The development and validation of a measure of adolescent future expectations associated with work, education, family, health, and church/community participation is presented. The 25-item measure was administered to a sample of 389 7th- to 12th-grade urban poor and working-class Chilean students. Results of an exploratory principal axis factor analysis with oblimin (oblique) rotation revealed a five-factor structure for the measure. Evidence of concurrent validity is supported by subscale correlations with a series of other measures, and internal consistency estimates for subscales and the full scale are strong. This promising measure has potential utility for understanding Chilean and other adolescents’ future expectations in distinct domains. Recommendations for additional research are provided, including validation of this measure in other national and cultural contexts.

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