SynthesisPloS one2018
Motivational power of future time perspective: Meta-analyses in education, work, and health.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of the impact of future-oriented thinking on academic outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Preliminary development of a multidomain behavioral intervention for primary prevention of dementia in midlife: a qualitative study of focus group discussions.Aging & mental health · 2026Article
- Predictors of extreme future time perspective change in persons who learn an Alzheimer's disease biomarker test result.Aging & mental health · 2026Article
- Experiences of Personalized Dementia Risk Education: A Qualitative Study to Refine the TEACH (Tailored Education for Aging and Cognitive Health) Behavioral Intervention.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
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- Occupational future time perspective and mental health problems across adolescence: Random-intercept cross-lagged panel analysis and alternative variations.Journal of adolescence · 2025Article
- The impact of future time perspective on academic achievement: Mediating roles of academic burnout and engagement.PloS one · 2025Article
- Temporal disorientation during war: associations with work-family conflict, emotional distress, and burnout.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Balancing Time for Health Behaviors: Associations of Time Perspective With Physical Activity and Weight Management in Older Adults.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2024Article
- Construction and validation of a new Generational Time Perspective Questionnaire.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Future time perspective and academic procrastination among nursing students: The mediating role of mindfulness.Nursing open · 2023Article
- A Time to Get Vaccinated? The Role of Time Perspective, Consideration of Future Consequences, Conspiracy Beliefs, Religious Faith, Gender, and Race on Intention to Vaccinate for COVID-19 in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Gender differences in future time perspectives and risk of being not in employment, education, or training: the mediating role of achievement goal motivations.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Future Time Perspective and Bedtime Procrastination: The Mediating Role of Dual-Mode Self-Control and Problematic Smartphone Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Self-disclosure during the COVID-19 emergency: Effects of narcissism traits, time perspective, virtual presence, and hedonic gratification.Computers in human behavior · 2022Article
- Sense of country: General and specific factors covary with social identification and predict emigration plans.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Parenting and mobile phone addiction tendency of Chinese adolescents: The roles of self-control and future time perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- No Evidence for a Boost in Psychosocial Functioning in Older Age After a 6-Months Physical Exercise Intervention.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Age, frequency of volunteering, and Present-Hedonistic time perspective predict donating items to people in need, but not money to combat COVID-19 during lock-down.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2021Article
- Telecommuting during the coronavirus pandemic: Future time orientation as a mediator between proactive coping and perceived work productivity in two cultural samples.Personality and individual differences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Future time perspective (FTP) may predict individual attitudes and behaviors. However, FTP research includes different FTP conceptualizations and outcomes which hinder generalizing its findings. To solve the inconsistencies in FTP research and generalize the magnitude of FTP as a driver of motivation and behavior, we conducted the first systematical synthesis of FTP relationships in three crucial life domains. Our meta-analyses of FTP studies in education (k = 28), work (k = 17), and health (k = 32) involved N = 31,558 participants, and used a conceptual model for grouping FTP constructs. To address different outcome types, we applied the Theory of Planned Behavior when coding the studies. FTP relationships with outcomes were small-to-medium, were generalizable across domains, and were strongest when the FTP construct included a mixture of cognition, behavioral intention, and affect and, in education, when the FTP measure was domain specific rather than general. There were cross-cultural differences in FTP-outcome relationships. The strength of the FTP-outcome types relationship varied for attitudes, perceived behavioral control, behavioral intention, and behaviors. The lowest effect sizes were found for FTP predicting actual behaviors in education, work, and health and between FTP and health attitudes. Theoretical implications of the findings and future research directions are discussed.
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