Time Perspective: Temporal Extension, Time Estimation, and Impulsivity
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 132 (4), 367-380
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223989809599271
Abstract
It has been proposed that time perspective is an important variable that can, in part, explain the differences between people in terms of the development of self-control. One corollary of this position is that time perspective is somehow related to systematic biases in the way people perceive the passage of time. Such a bias may or may not be augmented by an association between time perspective and impulsivity. Two studies were conducted using measures of temporal extension, time estimation, and impulsivity. In general, no consistent effects were found. Neither time perspective nor impulsivity was related to any characteristic pattern of errors. In the second study, time perspective (mediated by age) was associated with predicting very brief time estimation scores, but not longer time estimation periods. It was concluded that whatever the mechanism might be that underlies the purported effect between time perspective and self-control, it is not related to a differential ability to perceive time moving more or less quickly.Keywords
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