Young people's future thinking and mental health: The development and validation of the Adolescent Future Thinking Rating Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to develop and validate a new scale of future thinking and adolescent mental health-the Adolescent Future Thinking Rating Scale (AFTRS).

Methods

A provisional AFTRS was developed from interviews with 19 adolescents. It was completed by three samples: exploratory (n = 161) aged 16-21 years, who also completed established measures of future thinking, cognitive risk factors, depression and anxiety; replication (n = 209) aged 16-25 years; and test-retest (n = 102) aged 17-23 years. The reliability, convergent, predictive, and discriminant validity were examined.

Results

Exploratory factor analyses identified the AFTRS-18 and AFTRS-12. Both had three sub-scales: (i) Concerns about Maladaptive Future Thinking, (ii) Future Positivity, and (iii) Ability to

SUBMITTER: Tang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804263 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature