The Relationship between Self-determination, Expectancy-Value Beliefs and Future Time Perspective

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between self-determination, expectation-value beliefs and future time perspective in high school students. To this purpose, 186 high school students (88 boys and 98 girls) are selected by stratified random sampling. The research tools include: Expectancy-Value Questionnaire, Basic Psychological Needs Scale and Future Time Perspective Scale. For data analysis, one sample t-test, independent samples t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient are used. Results indicate that participants in self-determination and its dimensions (autonomy, competence, and communication), value expectation and its dimensions (except the component of understanding the difficulty of the task) and the future time perspective and its components (except the component of focus on opportunity), have a higher score than average. Also, it is revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between self-determination and expectancy-value beliefs, but there is no significant relationship between self-determination and future time perspective. According to the results, there is a significant difference between the male and female students in self-determination, but there is no significant difference between the two groups in the expectancy-value beliefs and future time perspective.