title: Concurrent validity of Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory profiles: A secondary analysis of data from the United Kingdom.
abstract: This paper examined the association between membership in profiles based on a shortened form of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI-S; McKay, Andretta, McGee, & Worrell, 2014) and other temporal and psychosocial variables. Participants consisted of 1620 adolescents attending high school in Northern Ireland. ZTPI-S scores had correlations with other temporal and psychosocial variables that were similar to those reported for ZTPI scores in previous studies. Four ZTPI-S profiles were identified-Balanced, Past Negative, Present Hedonistic, and Future-and results indicated that these profiles had theoretically meaningful relationships with self-esteem, self-efficacy, aggression, parental attachment, consideration of future consequences, and future temporal focus. Unlike studies of college students where the Balanced profile was related to more adaptive functioning, the Future profile was related to more adaptive functioning. Future studies are needed to establish the generalizability of these profiles and to determine if there are developmental differences in which profiles are more adaptive.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, USA.
authors.forename: Frank C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Worrell
authors.affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Electronic address: M.T.McKay@ljmu.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.affiliation: Child Guidance Clinic, The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Andretta
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D000066498:Emotional Adjustment; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009660:Northern Ireland; D009769:Object Attachment; D000067656:Optimism; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000067657:Pessimism; D010684:Philosophy; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012649:Self Concept; D013998:Time Perception
keywords: Consideration of future consequences; Temporal focus; Temporal profiles; Time perspective