Investigation of the relationship between the future expectations of adolescents and adaptation of school

In this study, future expectations of adolescents is examined in terms of adaptation to school and some also (gender, school type, age, grade level, high school preference reason, type of accommodation). The sample of the present study consist of 651 adolescent. Data related to expectations of adolescents were collected by "Future Expectations Scale for Adolescents" (Tuncer, 2011) and the data related to adaptation to school were collected by using "Adaptation of School Scale" (Durnalı, Filiz and Aydın, 2018). Other variables (gender, school type, age, grade level, high school preference reason, type of accommodation) were assessed through "Personal Information Questionnaire", developed by the author. In accordance with the hypotheses of the research, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro Wilk normality tests were applied to determine whether the data obtained showed normal distribution. Since the data obtained from the measurements did not meet the assumptions, Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests, which are non-parametric methods, were used. In accordance with the hypotheses of the research, the relational screening model was used in the research. As a result of the research, a low positive level statistically significant relationship was found between all sub-dimensions of adolescent expectations (work and education, marriage and family, religion and society, health and life) and school compliance (p <0.05). It was concluded that the future expectations of adolescent are scores of the girls higher than scores of boys terms of work and education, and the scores of the boys are higher than the scores of the girls in marriage and family dimensions. It was concluded that the future expectations in marriage and family dimensions differed statistically significant to age and grade level. (p<0.05). In another result of the study, it was observed that adolescents' school adaptation scores showed a significant difference in terms of gender and high school preference reason, and did not differ significantly according to age, grade level, school type, and type of accommodation.