کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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374177 | 622479 | 2012 | 13 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
This study aimed to examine the mediating role of prospective teachers’ academic optimism in the relationship between their future time perspective and professional plans about teaching. A total of 396 prospective teachers voluntarily participated in the study. Correlation, regression, and structural equation modeling analyses were conducted in order to examine the mediating role of academic optimism. Results demonstrated that the relationships between future time perspective and planned effort, planned persistence, and professional development aspirations were significantly and fully mediated by academic optimism; whereas the relationship between future time perspective and leadership aspirations was not.
► Future time perspective was associated with academic optimism.
► Future time perspective was also linked to professional plans about teaching.
► Academic optimism was linked to professional plans about teaching.
► Academic optimism played a significant mediating role.
Journal: Teaching and Teacher Education - Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 111–123