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February 26, 2026Psychology Research and Behavior Management0 citationsOpen Access

Future Self-Continuity, Pleasure Experience, and Depression in Adolescents

Future Self-Continuity and Adolescents’ Depression: The Mediating Role of Pleasure Experience and the Moderating Role of School Connectedness

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MWMingyue WeiKMKejia MaQSQilong Sun

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Cross-sectional analysis shows pleasure experiences mediate depression in adolescents, highlighting school connectedness.

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  • This research aims to explore the relationship between future self-continuity and depressive symptoms in adolescents through pleasure experiences, moderated by school connectedness.
  • Cross-sectional design utilized to gather data from 835 adolescents in China.
  • Participants completed assessments on future self-continuity, pleasure experience, school connectedness, and depression levels.
  • Statistical analyses measured relationships and interactions between variables.
  • Future self-continuity positively influenced both anticipatory and consummatory pleasure.
  • Anticipatory and consummatory pleasure were found to negatively predict depression symptoms.
  • School connectedness moderated the influence of future self-continuity on pleasure, affecting depression outcomes.
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Wei et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699fe2eb95ddcd3a253e65cahttps://doi.org/10.2147/prbm.s569508
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