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Future time perspective and positive health practices among young adolescents: a further extension
N E Mahon1, T J Yarcheski, A Yarcheski
1College of Nursing Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA. mahon@nightingale.rutgers.edu
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|April 19, 2000
Abstract:
A sample of 139 young adolescents attending a middle school responded to the Future Time Perspective Inventory and the Personal Lifestyle Questionnaire in classrooms. A statistically significant correlation of .46 was found between their scores on future time perspective and ratings for the practice of positive health behaviors. This correlation was larger than those previously reported for middle and late adolescents but smaller than that found for young adults.