3-060 - International Studies on Time Perspective: How Thoughts about the Past, the Present, and the Future Predict Adolescent Outcomes

Session Type: Poster Symposium

Integrative Statement

The proposed poster symposium presents research on time perspective and developmental outcomes in adolescents from seven countries (America, China, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Luxemburg, and Spain). Time perspective is an emerging area of research that comprises thoughts and attitudes toward the past, the present, and the future, and is considered a powerful predictor of human behavior (Mello & Worrell, 2014; Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999). Presentations focus on its theory, measurement, and results of studies on academic outcomes, physical activity, and substance use. The first poster describes a theoretical model that operationalizes the construct and discusses its particular salience in adolescence in relation to changes in cognitive development and identity formation (Erikson, 1968; Keating, 2004). The second poster reports on the measurement of time perspective. Specifically, the validity of Adolescent Time Inventory (ATI; Mello & Worrell, 2007) scores in samples from America, China, Germany, Iran, Italy, Nigeria, and New Zealand. The third poster shows how time perspective is related to the educational context by investigating relationships with self-regulated learning in a longitudinal study of German adolescents. The fourth poster examines the relationship between time perspective profiles and academic outcomes in academically-gifted adolescents. The fifth poster reports on a study of German, Spanish, and Luxemburg adolescents and the associations between time perspective and physical activity. The sixth poster describes findings on the relationship between time perspective profiles and substance use in adolescents from Northern Ireland. The Symposium will include discussion of these findings, implications, and directions for additional research.

Sub Unit

• Cognitive Processes

Chairs

• Zena R. Mello, San Francisco State University

• Monika Buhl, Universität Heidelberg

Individual Presentations

• 1. Time perspective: How thoughts and attitudes about the past, the present, and the future predict outcomes in adolescence - Presenting Author: Zena R. Mello, San Francisco State University

• 2. Validating Adolescent Time Inventory-Time Attitude Scores in Samples from Eight Countries - Presenting Author: Frank C. Worrell, University of California, Berkeley

• 3. Time Perspective and Self-Regulated Learning in German Adolescents - Presenting Author: Monika Buhl, Universität Heidelberg; Zena R. Mello, San Francisco State University; Hans Peter Kuhn, University of Kassel; Frank C. Worrell, University of California, Berkeley

• 4. Time Attitude Profiles in Academically Talented American Adolescents - James R. Andretta, Child Guidance Clinic, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Presenting Author: Frank C. Worrell, University of California, Berkeley

• 5. Time Perspective, Physical Self-Concept, and Sports Activity in German, Spanish, and Luxembourgian Adolescents - Presenting Author: Svenja Konowalczyk, Universität Heidelberg; Rüdiger Heim, University of Heidelberg

• 6. What do temporal profiles tell us about adolescent alcohol use? Results from the United Kingdom - Presenting Author: Michael McKay, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University; Jon Cole, University of Liverpool