Future Orientation and Perceived Goal-Related Social Context

Dataset name: Future Orientation and Perceived Goal-Related Social Context
Scientific domain: Psychology
Category: Survey data
Language of the study: Latvian
Research ethics: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Institute of Cardiology and Regenerative Medicine of the University of Latvia (No 125/2020).
Language of the description: English
File type: IBM SPSS Statistics data file (.sav)

Content:
The dataset involves a convenience sample of 415 university students aged 18 to 30. Data were collected in Latvia in 2020. The dataset consists of demographic characteristics and measures of individual future orientation (Kolesovs, 2017, 2023), including future-oriented behavior [Variable label – FO behavior] and self- [Goals Self] and other-oriented [Goals Others] goals; perceived goal-related support (Freibergs & Kolesovs, 2021), including mesosystem [Support Meso] and university [Support University] support; and sense of country (Kolesovs, 2022), including perceived influence [SOCI Influence] on the country, two components of belonging to it [ SOCI REL Belonging and SOCI SPT Commitment], and opportunities for fulfillment self- and other-oriented personal goals [SOCI Opportunities Self and SOCI Opportunities Others].

Points under investigation:
The factor structure of sense of belonging to the country.
The factor structure of individual future orientation, goal-related perceived support, and sense of country.
Links among future orientation, goal-related perceived support, and sense of country.

References
Freibergs, Z., & Kolesovs, A. (2021). University students’ growth goals, opportunities for goal fulfillment, and perceived university and mesosystem support. In: Society. Integration. Education. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, Vol. 7, pp. 86–94. https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2021vol7.6159.
Kolesovs, A. (2017). Individual future orientation and demographic factors predicting life satisfaction. In: Society. Integration. Education. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, Vol. 1, pp. 534–543. https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2017vol1.2448.
Kolesovs, A. (2022). Sense of country: General and specific factors covary with social identification and predict emigration plans. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, e992028. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992028.
Kolesovs, A. (2023). General and specific factors of future orientation link to awareness of meaning in life. In: Society. Integration. Education. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, Vol. 2, pp. 429–437. https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2023vol2.7104.