Using Balanced Time Perspective to Explain Well-Being and Planning in Retirement
The notion of whether people focus on the past, present or future, and how it shapes their behavior is known as Time Perspective. Fundamental to the work of two of its earliest proponents, Zimbardo and Boyd (2008), was the concept of balanced time perspective and its relationship to wellness. A pers...
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| description | The notion of whether people focus on the past, present or future, and how it shapes their behavior is known as Time Perspective. Fundamental to the work of two of its earliest proponents, Zimbardo and Boyd (2008), was the concept of balanced time perspective and its relationship to wellness. A person with balanced time perspective can be expected to have a flexible temporal focus of mostly positive orientations (past-positive, present-hedonistic, and future) and much less negative orientations (past-negative and present-fatalistic). This study measured deviation from balanced time perspective (DBTP: Zhang et al., 2013) in a sample of 243 mature adults aged 45 to 91 years and explored relationships to Retirement Planning, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Positive Mood, and Negative Mood. Results indicate that DBTP accounts for unexplained variance in the outcome measures even after controlling for demographic variables. DBTP was negatively related to Retirement Planning and Positive Mood and positively related to Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Negative Mood. Theoretical and practical implications regarding balanced time perspective are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b54e7c6e3c43442e8d8134e99769372c2022-12-21T19:29:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782017-10-01810.3389/fpsyg.2017.01781278219Using Balanced Time Perspective to Explain Well-Being and Planning in RetirementAnna Mooney0Joanne K. Earl1Carl H. Mooney2Hazel Bateman3Flinders Business School, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaFlinders Business School, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaSchool of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaSchool of Risk and Actuarial Studies, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaThe notion of whether people focus on the past, present or future, and how it shapes their behavior is known as Time Perspective. Fundamental to the work of two of its earliest proponents, Zimbardo and Boyd (2008), was the concept of balanced time perspective and its relationship to wellness. A person with balanced time perspective can be expected to have a flexible temporal focus of mostly positive orientations (past-positive, present-hedonistic, and future) and much less negative orientations (past-negative and present-fatalistic). This study measured deviation from balanced time perspective (DBTP: Zhang et al., 2013) in a sample of 243 mature adults aged 45 to 91 years and explored relationships to Retirement Planning, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Positive Mood, and Negative Mood. Results indicate that DBTP accounts for unexplained variance in the outcome measures even after controlling for demographic variables. DBTP was negatively related to Retirement Planning and Positive Mood and positively related to Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Negative Mood. Theoretical and practical implications regarding balanced time perspective are discussed.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01781/fulltime perspectivebalanced time perspectiveplanning behaviorwell-beingretirement |
| spellingShingle | Anna Mooney Joanne K. Earl Carl H. Mooney Hazel Bateman Using Balanced Time Perspective to Explain Well-Being and Planning in Retirement Frontiers in Psychology time perspective balanced time perspective planning behavior well-being retirement |
| title | Using Balanced Time Perspective to Explain Well-Being and Planning in Retirement |
| title_full | Using Balanced Time Perspective to Explain Well-Being and Planning in Retirement |
| title_fullStr | Using Balanced Time Perspective to Explain Well-Being and Planning in Retirement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Balanced Time Perspective to Explain Well-Being and Planning in Retirement |
| title_short | Using Balanced Time Perspective to Explain Well-Being and Planning in Retirement |
| title_sort | using balanced time perspective to explain well being and planning in retirement |
| topic | time perspective balanced time perspective planning behavior well-being retirement |
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