TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic Differences in Coping with Uncertainty about the Future
AU - Van der Sijde, P. C.
AU - Tomic, W.
AU - Snel, F.W.J.J.
N1 - DS_Description: research article
DS_Citation:The Journal of Social Psychology
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Age, gender and regional differences in the responses of a Dutch population to the Predicting Future Events Scale (Tobacyk, Nagot, & Mitchell, 1989) were explored. The factor structure of the scale was found to be identical to that in the U.S. study of Tobacyk et al., although the latter study accounted for 63.1% of the variance. Only 3 of the 7 factors could be considered reliable. Age appeared to be an important factor; the younger groups had more confidence than the older groups did in all methods in predicting the future. The scores for the western part of the Netherlands were systematically and significantly lower than those of the other regions, for all scales, and the women’s scores for methods of prediction involving psi were higher than those of the men.
AB - Age, gender and regional differences in the responses of a Dutch population to the Predicting Future Events Scale (Tobacyk, Nagot, & Mitchell, 1989) were explored. The factor structure of the scale was found to be identical to that in the U.S. study of Tobacyk et al., although the latter study accounted for 63.1% of the variance. Only 3 of the 7 factors could be considered reliable. Age appeared to be an important factor; the younger groups had more confidence than the older groups did in all methods in predicting the future. The scores for the western part of the Netherlands were systematically and significantly lower than those of the other regions, for all scales, and the women’s scores for methods of prediction involving psi were higher than those of the men.
KW - psi; predicting future events; uncertainty
U2 - 10.1080/00224545.1996.9713989
DO - 10.1080/00224545.1996.9713989
M3 - Article
VL - 136
SP - 159
EP - 164
JO - Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
SN - 2475-0387
IS - 2
ER -