Future-oriented cognition
- 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 \(\it N\) = 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-oriented cognition increased with age cross-sectionally. This increase was flatter at higher levels of wellbeing (indicated by lower pessimism). Results are discussed considering findings on the role of future-oriented cognition for mental health in adults and adolescents. Suggestions for future work are presented regarding the direction of the observed links and underlying mechanisms.
| Author: | Jessica MarksGND, Silvia SchneiderORCiDGND, Babett VoigtGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-109703 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1211986 |
| Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in psychology |
| Subtitle (English): | links to mental health problems and mental wellbeing in preschool-aged and primary-school-aged children |
| Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
| Place of publication: | Lausanne |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/02/29 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2023/09/27 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | Open Access Fonds future-oriented cognition; mental health-problems; mental wellbeing; pre-schoolers; primary-schoolers |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Issue: | Article 1211986 |
| First Page: | 1211986-01 |
| Last Page: | 1211986-13 |
| Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |
