future orientation and well-being in high school students: mediation role of school connectedness

This study examined the relationship between future orientation and well-being mediated by school connectedness. data were collected from 380 high school adolescents in shiraz (iran) in 2021. participants completed the future-orientation questionnaire, the psychological sense of school membership scale, and warwick-edinburgh mental well-being scale (wemwbs) to assess their future orientation, school connectedness, and well-being, respectively. results revealed that students’ future orientation (toward academic or career futures) was positively related with school connectedness (b = .78). future orientation was also significantly associated with their feeling of well-being (b = .61). school connectedness was significantly associated with the feeling of well-being as well (b = .62). according to the results, future orientation had an indirect significant effect (b = .48) on the well-being; based on this, school connectedness played a significant mediating role in the relation between future orientation and well-being. the results recommend that school connectedness may be a mechanism by which adolescents’ orientation toward academic or career futures may have an effect on their feeling well-being.