Young People's Personal Planning And Depression, Anxiety, Relationship

Adolescence can be conceived as a period of thinking about the future in preparation for transition to adulthood, and it's also a time for the intensive construction of new thoughts, values, and self-beliefs. How people see their personal future in terms of goal and concerns has been described in terms of future orientation, which is very important aspect of self, and it is particularly important for adolescents.Earlier research and theories on adolescents'future orientation were first reviewed. Then, there were 859 urban adolescents from junior middle school in this study. On the base of data, we explored the character of personal future planning, and the relationship between personal future planning, depression and anxiety .The main findings are as follows:1. The exploration and commitment related to future education was the highest, and then were exploration related to future occupation and commitment related to future marriage/family.2. Different developmental patterns were observed for adolescents'future planning concerning future education, occupation and marriage/family during adolescence. Adolescents'future planning concerning achievement motivation was related with their transition. However, on the base of data, adolescents'future planning concerning achievement was not completely related with their transition, this is different from earlier research.3. There was less gender difference in adolescents'achievement. We only found the level of girls'commitment related to education was higher than boys', and the level of boys'exploration and commitment related to marriage/family was higher than girls'.4. The positive development of personal future planning could significantly predict the low level of depression and anxiety. But adolescents'exploration and commitment related to future marriage/family could significantly predict the high level of depression and anxiety. 5. The level of explanation in adolescents'commitment related to future mainly development area was higher than theirs exploration. Commitment was more significant to mental health than exploration.