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Acee, Taylor W.; Hoff, Meagan A.; Flaggs, Darolyn A.; Sylvester, Breana – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
The authors examined three motivational factors (first-year grade expectations, present-focused time perspective, and future-focused time perspective) as predictors of achievement and retention outcomes for students (N = 844) in their first semester at a predominately Hispanic-serving community college, accounting for student background…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Expectation, Time Perspective, Student Motivation
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Nisan, Mordecai – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1975
Investigated the hypothesis that 10-year-old children will tend to perceive delayed outcomes as being of lower value than immediately expected ones, with the effect being stronger for negative outcomes. Good- and bad-tasting foods were used as stimuli. (SDH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Emotional Response, Expectation
Krajcir, Stephen F.; Sundberg, Norman D. – 1979
There have been few studies comparing personal future perspectives across wide sectors of the life span and none comparing societal future perspectives. Age groups, each consisting of 41 women and 10 men who were elderly (over 60), in middle adulthood (26-45), or adolescence (14-16) were asked to list events they expected to happen in their future…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Expectation, Futures (of Society)
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Stone, Philip J. – Public Opinion Quarterly, 1970
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Expectation, Individual Differences