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EXTENT OF FUTURE TIME ORIENTATION: A CROSS‐ETHNIC STUDY AMONG NEW ZEALAND ADOLESCENTS
Author(s) -
BRAY D. H.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1970.tb02119.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychology , developmental psychology , gratification , social psychology , realisation , contrast (vision) , orientation (vector space) , sociology , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , anthropology , computer science
S ummary . It was predicted that ‘European’ New Zealanders in comparison with Maoris would ( a ) tend to have longer future time orientation in respect to major goals and ( b ) show greater tendency to delay gratification. Boys and girls with a mean age of 14: 3, all in the same grade, form three, from seven schools and of both ethnic groups were asked ( a ) to indicate distance, in time of imagined realisation of major goals, firstly for vaguely specified characters and later for themselves and ( b ) to decide among choices of money which increased in proportion to delay. For boys, both ethnic contrast predictions were strongly confirmed but, for girls, though in the predicted directions, findings either showed generally poorer levels of statistical significance or, for some of the temporal orientation of goals results, lack of significance.