This article reports on the Vision of personal future scale (vpf), an instrument aimed to assess cognitive clearness, conviction in realization, and the self-directedness of adolescents' envisioning of their personal future. The 13-item scale was applied on 1,969 Serbian adolescents with the aim of exploring general aspects of their anticipations of their personal future. Results show that adolescents highlight the motivational and guiding potential of their own vision of the future. Two factor structures were extracted (named motivational optimistic and cognitive fearful), but each factor was emphasized differently by adolescents. The usefulness of the scale was discussed in the context of youth work and the creation of specific programs aimed to support youth development.
Циљ овог рада 1 је сагледавање како се општи проблеми друштва у кризи транзиције исказују у домену развода бака. Рад се састоји из два дела. У првом делу је дата анализа демографских образаца који указују на утицаје друштвених промена на домен партнерског функционисања тј. развода брака. У другом делу рада презентовани су резултати истраживања на узорку 32 пара у процесу развода, с циљем да се сагледа какве су манифестација проблематике развода брака у светлу утицаја протеклих кризних година на функционисање партнера и њихових породица? Налази истраживања су вишеструки. На нивоу функционисања брачних партнера у процесу развода учинци друштвене кризе и транзиционих процеса препознају се у слици «тешких развода» тј. развода са високим нивоом кумулације комуникацијских, емоционалних и сепарационих проблема. Налази истраживања сугеришу да одлагање развода у периодима друштвених криза одражава:(а) усредсређеност на адаптационе захтеве која умањује доживљај дисфункционалности брачног односа; (б) (не)доступност ефективне мреже подршке; (ц) ставлање у други план полом одређених разлика у доживљавању партнерских односа и проживљавању стресова породичног живота.
The impact of the family environment, the mode and the quality of parental stimulation may have a decisive role in the student?s capacity development and realization of given capabilities, and affects particularly the level and the quality of his/her academic attainment. A student?s academic attainment is conditioned by educational aspirations formed in a dynamic interaction with stimulating aspects of the family context. The aims of our study were: to examine the students? attitudes towards schooling, and to obtain answers to the question: which stimulating aspects of family context are the most predictable for the development of educational aspirations, i.e. attitudes towards school and gaining knowledge, educational interests and plans for further education. The sample comprised 1.464 eighth-grade students, aged 15, from 34 primary schools in Serbia. The data were collected by the use of questionnaires filled in by the students and school principals. The results indicate a trend of interrelatedness of cognitively and educationally favorable conditions within the family and positive attitudes towards school, attainment, high aspirations and cognitive and intellectual interests for out-of-school activities. It can be concluded that family stimulation is the resultant of the influence of cultural and educational profile of the family and active parental attitudes regarding education and attainment of their children. The findings could have practical implications in the domain of parents/school cooperation, not only in order to increase the awareness of the importance of active participation of both parties, but also to provide useful guidelines for developing optimal contents and procedures. .
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