Oral 13

[O-13-02] Cohort Analysis of The Relationship Between Future Time Perspective and Career Adaptability among Junior High School Students in Banyuwangi, Indonesia

*Jovinka Maulina Raharjo, Fitri Fausiah, Sherly Saragih Turnip (Research of Community Mental Health Initiative(Indonesia))

Keywords:

Career Adaptability,Future Time Perspective,Adolescence,Junior High School Student,Banyuwangi,Indonesia

Career preparation is an important developmental task in adolescence. The earlier adolescents start it, the better the decision they can make for the future. Previous research was rarely conducted in rural areas even though the environment has an influence on career adaptability. Adolescents can have good career adaptability (CA) if it also has a good future time perspective (FTP). FTP and CA increase along with adolescent development; therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the role of future time perspective in predicting career adaptability in each cohort group of four junior high school students in Banyuwangi, a small city in Indonesia. The method of this study is a cohort study conducted in 2022 and 2023, involving students from four junior high schools in Banyuwangi. Participants in this study were 919 students (M=12.98, SD=0.77) for 2022 data collection and 1013 students (M=13.94, SD=0.79) for 2023 data collection. The instruments used in this study were CAAS-SF with four dimensions (concern, control, curiosity, confidence) and FTPS (connectedness and value). The linear regression analyses were performed to assess the contribution of future time perspective in predicting career adaptability. The results show that there are significant differences in future time perspective and career adaptability among different cohort groups. The older cohort group shows significantly better future time perspective and career adaptability than the younger cohort, even though both groups each had an increase in scores from the first year to the second year. Both dimensions of future time perspective (connectedness and value) predict career adaptability (F(2, 1929) = 184, p < 0.001, R² = 0.160), though the connectedness dimension makes a greater contribution than value. In conclusion, future time perspective, especially connectedness, strongly predicts career adaptability, with older cohorts showing greater improvements.