Future Self-Identification and Goal Achievement in University Students

A longitudinal and experimental dataset from a randomized controlled trial investigating the relationship between future self-identification components and goal achievement. The study involved 89.4% female first-year university students with a mean age of 19.59 years, assigned to a control condition or one of two FutureU intervention conditions. Data was collected by author Tettero, Tiffany and last updated on the platform in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the predictive relationship between vividness of future self and goal achievement based on longitudinal data.
• Analyzing the differential effects of connectedness and valence toward the future self on goal outcomes.
• Comparing the effectiveness of a smartphone application versus a virtual reality intervention for enhancing future self-identification.
• Investigating bidirectional effects between initial goal achievement and subsequent future self-identification components.

Strengths

• Data originates from a registered randomized controlled trial (Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT05578755).
• Sample includes 89.4% female first-year university students with a mean age of 19.59 years (SD = 2.25).
• Study design includes longitudinal tracking and multiple experimental conditions (control, smartphone app, VR).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Sample is predominantly female, which may limit generalizability of findings.

Provenance

Source

Tettero, Tiffany via DataverseNL Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Randomized controlled trial with longitudinal data collection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 06:14:40; freshness should be verified.