THE IMPACT OF PERCEIVED SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS ON POSITIVE FUTURE EXPECTATION: AN EVALUATION WITH POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND RESOURCE-BASED APPROACH

Aim: In this study, self-consciousness and positive future expectations concepts were examined. It is aimed to determine the impact of perceived self-consciousness on individuals’ positive future expectations. Method: A quantitative research design was adopted in order to investigate the impact of individuals’ perceived self-consciousness on their positive future expectations. The required data for the research objective was obtained through questionnaire method and the sample of the research was consist of 280 graduate level students in a university (N=280). The concept of self-consciousness was measured with the dimensions of general-consciousness, private-consciousness, and social anxiety, whereas positive future expectation concept was measured with the dimension of positive future orientation, health-life quality, occupation-career expectations, and personal success-efficacy. Findings and Conclusion: The multiple regression analysis reported that private-consciousness had significant and positive impact on all dimensions of positive future expectations of students (F=28.79, p<0.01). Even though the explanatory level is relatively low (R2=0.09), the findings showed that the impact of private self-consciousness on positive future expectations is positive. Further, the findings revealed that the positive future expectation levels (M=4.25) and self-consciousness perceptions (4.40) of the students had relatively high scores