Future-oriented cognition: links to mental health problems and mental wellbeing in preschool-aged and primary-school-aged children.

ABSTRACT: Future-oriented cognition plays a manifold role for adults' mental health. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between future-oriented cognition and mental health in N = 191 children aged between 3 and 7 years. Parents completed an online-questionnaire including children's future-oriented cognition (e.g., episodic foresight; Children Future Thinking Questionnaire; CFTQ), children's mental health problems (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; SDQ), and wellbeing (Parent-rated Life Orientation Test of children; PLOT and Positive-Mental-Health Scale; PMH). More externalizing problems (especially hyperactivity) related to lower future-oriented cognition. For mental wellbeing, higher levels of optimism were associated with higher episodic foresight. Future-orient

SUBMITTER: Marks J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565826 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature