Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 3(3), pp. 229 - 236
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2015.030309
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The Relationships among Imagination, Future Imagination Tendency, and Future Time Perspective of Junior High School Students

Min-Ying Tsai ^*
Department of Special Education at National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

ABSTRACT

The main purpose of the study were to investigate the relationships among imagination, future imagination tendency, and future time perspective of junior high school students, then to explore the future time perspective which is predicted by background variables, imaginative qualities, and future imagination tendency. The subjects were 331 from the junior high school in Kaohsiung City. The main research tool is the Imagination Questionnaire, the Future imagination tendency Scale, and the Future Time Perspective Scale. The data collected was analyzed by SPSS 18.0 with descriptive statistical analysis, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and multiple stepwise regression procedure. The findings of the study were follows: 1. It showed a high positive correlation between imagination and future imagination tendency. 2. It showed a middle positive correlation between imagination and future time perspective. 3. It showed a middle positive correlation between future imagination tendency and future time perspective. 4. Monthly exam results, socioeconomic status, beyond reality, past review and future prediction, emotion and value and plot construction could significantly predict future time perspective. According to the research findings, the researcher gave some suggestions for future implementations.

KEYWORDS
Imagination, Future Imagination Tendency and Future Time Perspective

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Min-Ying Tsai , "The Relationships among Imagination, Future Imagination Tendency, and Future Time Perspective of Junior High School Students," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 229 - 236, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2015.030309.

(b). APA Format:
Min-Ying Tsai (2015). The Relationships among Imagination, Future Imagination Tendency, and Future Time Perspective of Junior High School Students. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 3(3), 229 - 236. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2015.030309.