Future time perspectives and concerns among adolescents in 2022

Roxane Dumont; Elsa Lorthe; Viviane Richard; Andrea Loizeau; Klara M Posfay-Barbe; Rémy P Barbe; Silvia Stringhini; Idris Guessous; SEROCoV-KIDS study group

doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002367

Future time perspectives and concerns among adolescents in 2022

BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Dec 12;8(1):e002367. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002367.

Authors

Roxane Dumont¹, Elsa Lorthe^{2

3

4}, Viviane Richard^{2

5}, Andrea Loizeau², Klara M Posfay-Barbe^{6

7}, Rémy P Barbe⁸, Silvia Stringhini^{2

9

10}, Idris Guessous^{9

11}; SEROCoV-KIDS study group

Collaborators

SEROCoV-KIDS study group:
Deborah Amrein, Andrew S Azman, Antoine Bal, Rémy P Barbe, Hélène Baysson, Julie Berthelot, Patrick Bleich, Livia Boehm, Aminata R Bouchet, Gaëlle Bryand, Viola Bucolli, Prune Collombet, Vladimir Davidovic, Paola D'Ippolito, Richard Dubos, Roxane Dumont, Nacira El Merjani, Natalie Francioli, Clément Graindorge, Idris Guessous, Munire Hagose, Séverine Harnal, Julien Lamour, Arnaud G L'Huillier, Andrea Loizeau, Elsa Lorthe, Chantal Martinez, Shannon Mechoullam, Mayssam Nehme, Francesco Pennacchio, Klara M Posfay-Barbe, Géraldine Poulain, Caroline Pugin, Nick Pullen, Viviane Richard, Deborah Rochat, Cyril Sahyoun, Khadija Samir, Jessica Rizzo, Claire Semaani, Silvia Stringhini, Stéphanie Testini, Deborah Urrutia Rivas, Charlotte Verolet, Jennifer Villers, Guillemette Violot, María-Eugenia Zaballa

Affiliations

¹ Unit of population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland [email protected].
² Unit of population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Université Paris Cité, Inserm, INRAE, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics Paris (CRESS), Paris, France.
⁴ Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
⁶ Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Woman, Child, and Adolescent Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Woman, Child, and Adolescent Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁹ Department of Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁰ School of Population and Public Health and Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹¹ Division and Department of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 39667951
DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002367

Abstract

Future time perspectives (FTP) and future-related concerns in adolescence remain underexplored. We aimed to identify factors associated with limited FTP and describe future-related concerns. Data were drawn from a population-based sample of adolescents aged 14-17 participating in the SEROCoV-KIDS cohort study, in Geneva, Switzerland (October 2022). Of 329 adolescents, 56/329 (17%) reported limited FTP; determinants included prior low mental well-being, limited social support, sexual minority identity, academic difficulties and excessive screen time. Adolescents' main future-oriented concerns encompassed failure, education and climate change. These results underscore the need to address future perspectives/concerns among young people and implement interventions that strengthen adolescent resilience.

Keywords: Adolescent Health; Epidemiology; Psychology.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior / psychology
Cohort Studies
Female
Forecasting
Humans
Male
Mental Health
Screen Time
Sexual and Gender Minorities / psychology
Social Support*
Switzerland