Sense of purpose and academic engagement: The mediating role of future orientation

Key Points

• This research aims to understand how future orientation relates to academic engagement, influenced by a sense of purpose.
• Cross-sectional design used to collect data from participants
• 1174 undergraduate students surveyed
• Examined relationships between sense of purpose, future orientation, and academic engagement
• Future orientation positively associated with academic engagement
• Sense of purpose contributes to higher future orientation
• Future orientation mediates the relationship between sense of purpose and academic engagement