TY - JOUR
T1 - An exploratory examination of the viability and meaningfulness of time attitudes profiles in adults
AU - Cole, Jon C.
AU - Andretta, James R.
AU - McKay, Michael T.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - The temporal psychology literature has developed in recent years, both in terms of the volume of studies, and the sophistication of analyses. One area of particular interest is time attitudes, the way in which individuals feel about the past, present and future. Recently, results supporting the psychometric validity and internal consistency of Adolescent Time Inventory-Time Attitudes scores in adults have emerged. In the present study, person-centered analyses supported the viability of time attitudes profiles in an adult sample (N = 410), and showed that membership of those profiles related to a range of other temporal measures and symptoms of psychopathology. Five profiles emerged, two of which were associated with favorable outcomes such as a focus on the future alongside the lowest levels of depression (Positives and Optimists), two which were associated with unfavorable outcomes such as the highest levels of anxiety coupled with prominent fatalistic attitudes (Pessimists and Negatives), and a profile with outcomes falling between the poles (Ambivalents). It was noted that profiles were not related to alcohol-related problems.
AB - The temporal psychology literature has developed in recent years, both in terms of the volume of studies, and the sophistication of analyses. One area of particular interest is time attitudes, the way in which individuals feel about the past, present and future. Recently, results supporting the psychometric validity and internal consistency of Adolescent Time Inventory-Time Attitudes scores in adults have emerged. In the present study, person-centered analyses supported the viability of time attitudes profiles in an adult sample (N = 410), and showed that membership of those profiles related to a range of other temporal measures and symptoms of psychopathology. Five profiles emerged, two of which were associated with favorable outcomes such as a focus on the future alongside the lowest levels of depression (Positives and Optimists), two which were associated with unfavorable outcomes such as the highest levels of anxiety coupled with prominent fatalistic attitudes (Pessimists and Negatives), and a profile with outcomes falling between the poles (Ambivalents). It was noted that profiles were not related to alcohol-related problems.
KW - Time attitudes profiles
KW - Anxiety
KW - Depression
KW - Alcohol
KW - Audit
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994017974&doi=10.1016%2fj.paid.2016.10.046&partnerID=40&md5=3197de5382fd73c539b6007537b78c50
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.046
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.046
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 106
SP - 146
EP - 151
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -