Abstract

MOLINA, María Fernanda et al. How adolescents from Buenos Aires city perceive their future? An approach from its actors. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.13, n.2, pp.241-253. ISSN 1794-9998.  https://doi.org/10.15332/s1794-9998.2017.0002.08.

The way adolescents perceive their future is very important for a positive development. This work aims to identify and understand how a group of adolescent students form Autonomous City of Buenos Aires perceive their future. An exploratory-descriptive study with qualitative methodology and cross-sectional design was conducted. We worked with a purposive sample of 24 adolescents (M = 16.10, SD = 1.10) of both sexes (female = 54.20%). Individual interviews and focus groups were conducted. Thematic content analysis of data collected was performed. Two main themes were found regarding adolescents' perception of their future. The first concerns the view adolescents have about their future. Its components are: evaluation, content and degree of image clarity of the future. The second concerns the way adolescents build their future. Its components are: dealing with the future, environments where adolescents build their future, family influence, and evaluation of the project. An emerging finding is that adolescents differ in their descriptions made of themselves, of their closest peers or from other adolescents in general.

Keywords : adolescence; qualitative study; future; perception.

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