Cambodian youth managing expectations and uncertainties of the life course – a typology of biographical management

Peou, Chivoin; Zinn, Jens O.

doi:10.1080/13676261.2014.992328

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“…Instead:

when uncertainty was perceived as contingent and the future as highly uncertain, planning was replaced by hope, and action was mainly responsive to a given situation. (Peou & Zinn, 2015: 732)

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Section: Active Passive and Reflexive Hopementioning

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‘In-between’ and other reasonable ways to deal with risk and uncertainty: A review article

Zinn

2016

Health, Risk & Society

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How people deal with risk and uncertainty has fuelled public and academic debate in recent decades. Researchers have shown that common distinctions between rational and ‘irrational’ strategies underestimate the complexity of how people approach an uncertain future. I suggested in 2008 that strategies in-between do not follow standards of instrumental rationality nor they are ‘irrational’ but follow their own logic which works well under particular circumstances. Strategies such as trust, intuition and emotion are an important part of the mix when people deal with risk and uncertainty. In this article, I develop my original argument. It explores in-between strategies to deal with possible undesired outcomes of decisions. I examine ‘non-rational strategies’ and in particular the notions of active, passive and reflexive hope. Furthermore, I argue that my original typology should be seen as a triangular of reasonable strategies which work well under specific circumstances. Finally, I highlight a number of different ways in which these strategies combine.

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“…Instead:

when uncertainty was perceived as contingent and the future as highly uncertain, planning was replaced by hope, and action was mainly responsive to a given situation. (Peou & Zinn, 2015: 732)

…”

Section: Active Passive and Reflexive Hopementioning

confidence: 99%

‘In-between’ and other reasonable ways to deal with risk and uncertainty: A review article

Zinn

2016

Health, Risk & Society

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“…These items seem to describe more of a generally positive attitude toward the future in the Ugandan sample than to describe specific aspects of attained career or health goals as it was the case in the original FESA study. The overall feeling of an unforeseeable future, which is closely connected to fatalism (Peou and Zinn, 2015), might lead to a less differentiated view on future expectations. The factor general future optimism might thus be a good overall estimator of adolescents’ outlook onto their future.…”

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“…While the general aims of future expectations – such as reaching certain family planning or career goals – have been remarkably consistent across cultures, the relative importance of specific topics and one’s optimism about achieving these different developmental milestones differ greatly between samples varying in culture, gender, and age (Nurmi, 1991; Shanahan, 2000; Albert and Trommsdorf, 2014; Peou and Zinn, 2015). In addition to social influences that are more or less consistent within cohorts, family characteristics have an impact on future expectations in adolescents.…”

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“…Within the same birth cohorts, social inequalities relating to gender, race, and socioeconomic status have been found to play an influential role in the course of development. As a consequence, it is probable that an unfavorable combination of inter- and intra-cohort factors defines subgroups that are especially at risk for negative long-term development, including a more negative view of their future prospects (Shanahan, 2000; Peou and Zinn, 2015).…”

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“…The individualization of the adulting process of reaching adulthood has increased a sense of uncertainty, particularly for adolescents in societies transitioning in the wake of war and conflict (Peou and Zinn, 2015). This uncertainty leaves youths living in these societies torn between hopes for a better life in times of peace, the potential of greater economic growth, and a new-found political stability while still dealing with the daily stressors of post-war life such as poverty, lost infrastructure, heightened levels of violence, and decreased physical and mental health (Bozzoli, 2010; Bozzoli et al, 2010a,b, 2011; Peou and Zinn, 2015). Nevertheless, little is known about how mass-violence such as war and armed conflicts, as well as the economic and social turmoil which follow in the wake of a civil war, impact youths’ future expectations.…”

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Adolescent Life Perspectives After War: Evaluation and Adaptation of the Future Expectation Scale in Uganda

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The formulation of life perspectives is one of the developmental tasks of adolescence. Expectations regarding one’s own future are shaped by cultural and contextual factors. However, there is little cross-cultural research that includes countries affected by war and turmoil. A Ugandan version of the Future Expectations Scale for Adolescents (FESA) was developed and evaluated with a sample of 279 Ugandan adolescents with low socioeconomic status living in rural communities affected by the Ugandan civil war (1986–2006). The Ugandan FESA was constructed on the basis of a combined item pool of the original Chilean and an adapted Brazilian FESA. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the factor structure of the original FESA did not fit the Ugandan data. Principal component analysis revealed a 3-factor solution, including the domains of children and family, work and education, and general future optimism. The final version consists of 19 items, which were deemed culturally appropriate by local focus groups. Overall, the item pool of the FESA was found useful for further studies in post-conflict societies.

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Cambodian youth managing expectations and uncertainties of the life course – a typology of biographical management

Cited by 21 publications

References 35 publications

‘In-between’ and other reasonable ways to deal with risk and uncertainty: A review article

‘In-between’ and other reasonable ways to deal with risk and uncertainty: A review article

Adolescent Life Perspectives After War: Evaluation and Adaptation of the Future Expectation Scale in Uganda

Negotiating Social Forces

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