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Santilli S, Ginevra MC, Coscioni V. Exploring Adolescents' Future Time Orientation: The Italian Validation of the Scale and Links to Sustainability. Behav Sci (Basel) 2025; 15:338. [PMID: 40150233 PMCID: PMC11939165 DOI: 10.3390/bs15030338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2025] [Accepted: 03/05/2025] [Indexed: 03/29/2025] Open
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Adolescents today face significant exposure to social inequalities and environmental crises, including the impacts of climate change, such as heatwaves, floods, and droughts. In addition, they encounter various forms of inequality, such as job insecurity, lack of affordable housing, and growing mental health challenges. Future perception is an essential variable in understanding how adolescents address these social and environmental challenges. Thus, this study adapted the Future Time Orientation Scale (FTOS) to the Italian context, assessing its validity and reliability for measuring psychological future orientation among Italian-speaking adolescents. Two studies were conducted: the first validated the FTOS through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, revealing two factors, "Impact" and "Distance". The second study examined the relationship between future time orientation, future orientation in the professional field, and adolescents' propensity to consider global challenges related to sustainable development. The results indicated that future orientation fully mediates the relationship between future time orientation and the tendency to consider global challenges in career decision-making. These findings underscore the importance of future orientation in shaping adolescents' sustainable career choices and suggest that career interventions promoting future time orientation may enhance their engagement with global challenges.
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- Sara Santilli
- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy;
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy;
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University Heidelberglaan, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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Nowakowska I, Rönnlund M. Future of nature, our future. A preregistered report on future time perspective, social value orientation, and pro-environmental outcomes based on data from Poland and Sweden. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1217139. [PMID: 38106389 PMCID: PMC10722237 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1217139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Introduction The objective of the study was to examine the role of social value orientation and future time perspective to account for individual differences in pro-environmental behaviors, intentions, and opinions about the link between pro-environmental action and pandemic threat (three separate models) in Polish and Swedish samples expected to differ in rate of pro-environmental behaviors (higher in Sweden). We hypothesized that for Poland, future time perspective would be linked to pro-environmental outcomes only when social value orientation is average or high. In contrast, for Sweden, we expected a significant link between these variables regardless of social value orientation. Methods In total, 301 (150 Polish, 151 Swedish) participants completed online surveys via Prolific.co research panel. We controlled for individualizing/binding moral foundations, present time perspectives, and selected demographic variables in the analyses. Results In line with expectations, the individualizing moral foundations were a significant predictor across all three models. The data did not support our focal hypothesis regarding the interaction between future time perspective and social value orientation. For pro-environmental behaviors in the past 6 months, the future time perspective was a predictor only when social value orientation was low. Discussion The results suggest that when encouraging more competitive (compared to altruistic) people to behave in a green way, it might be crucial to underline the future consequences and benefits, consistent with the future time perspective. The pro-environmental campaigns could, therefore, highlight how green behavior may bring personal gains in the future, which are typically valued by individualistic people, such as savings or social status.
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- Iwona Nowakowska
- Institute of Psychology, Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland
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Senyk O, Abramov V, Bedan V, Bunas A, Hrechkosii M, Lutsenko O, Mandzyk T, Wittmann M. Differences in Time Perspectives Measured under the Dramatically Changing Socioeconomic Conditions during the Ukrainian Political Crises in 2014/2015. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:7465. [PMID: 35742714 PMCID: PMC9224262 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19127465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The characteristics of the individual's time perspective in relation to changes in social, economic, and political conditions are of major conceptual interest. We assessed the time orientations of 1588 Ukrainian students living in two different regions (western and south-eastern Ukraine) with the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) before (2010-2013) and during (2014-2016) the socioeconomic, political, and military crises which started in 2014, eight years before the war in 2022. We applied ANOVAs with the ZTPI dimensions as dependent variables and the period of testing (precrisis, postcrisis) as an independent variable for the two Ukrainian regions separately. The time perspectives of residents in the region most distant from the war zone (western), who positively assessed the change in the political situation around 2014, increased in the future time orientation and decreased in the present-fatalistic, past-positive, and 333 present-hedonistic time orientations. The time perspectives of residents in the regions closest to the war zone (southeastern) decreased in the future and increased in the past-negative and present-fatalistic time orientations, reflecting their negative judgments of the events. It is not the crisis itself, but the specific social, economic, and political factors and evaluations which define the time perspectives, which are flexible and adjust to changes during extreme life circumstances.
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- Oksana Senyk
- Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ukrainian Catholic University, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine
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- Faculty of Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 01033 Kyiv, Ukraine;
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- Faculty of Psychology, National University “Odesa Law Academy”, 65000 Odesa, Ukraine;
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- Department of Psychology, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, 49000 Dnipro, Ukraine;
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- Department of General and Developmental Psychology, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, 65000 Odessa, Ukraine;
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- Department of Applied Psychology, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 61000 Kharkiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Psychology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine;
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- Institute for Frontier Areas in Psychology and Mental Health, 79098 Freiburg, Germany;
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Richter I, Sumeldan J, Avillanosa A, Gabe-Thomas E, Creencia L, Pahl S. Co-created Future Scenarios as a Tool to Communicate Sustainable Development in Coastal Communities in Palawan, Philippines. Front Psychol 2021; 12:627972. [PMID: 34880799 PMCID: PMC8645572 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.627972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Scenarios can be used to communicate potential future changes and engage and connect different audiences in exploring sustainable solutions. Communicating scenarios using creative visualisation, co-creation and a focus on local contexts are especially promising. This research is conducted on the island of Palawan in the Philippines as part of the GCRF Blue Communities project. With a quasi-experimental design, we investigate the psychological and emotional effects of the engagement with future scenarios as a tool for communicating sustainability. Together with local stakeholders and community members, three distinct, locally relevant scenario narratives (Business as Usual, Best Case, and Worst Case) have been co-created. Subsequently, a sample of N = 109 local high school students was asked to creatively engage with these scenario narratives. Intentions to engage in sustainable behaviour, perceived behavioural control, ascription of responsibility, consideration of future consequences, six basic emotions and connectedness to place were assessed before and after the activity via paper-pencil administrated questionnaires. A mixed-model analysis showed significant increases in intentions to engage in sustainable behaviour, however, this increase disappeared when consideration of future consequences was added as a covariate, suggesting a mediating effect. The level of consideration of future consequences also increased significantly after engaging with any of the future scenarios, which questions the common interpretation of consideration of future consequences as a trait variable. Perceived behavioural control significantly increased following the engagement with each of the scenarios whereas ascription of responsibility and connectedness to place did not show any changes. Overall, the two most emotion-evoking scenarios, Best Case Scenario and Worst Case Scenario, turn out as superior over the Business as Usual Scenario, which points to the relevance of emotional framing for effective messaging in our sample. This is the first systematic, quantitative assessment of the effects of future scenarios as a communication tool.
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- Isabell Richter
- Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Institute of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Western Philippines University, Puerto Princesa, Philippines
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- Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Western Philippines University, Puerto Princesa, Philippines
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- Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Western Philippines University, Puerto Princesa, Philippines
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- Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Institute for the Psychology of Cognition, Emotion and Methods, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Guillomía MA, Artigas JI, Falcó JL. Cognitive Accessibility and Support in Special Education. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:4871. [PMID: 34300609 PMCID: PMC8309809 DOI: 10.3390/s21144871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This work describes an assistive technology development for cognitive support and training to be used by children of special education schools in Spain. Design is based on and guided by cognitive support findings coming from a long-term collaboration of a team of engineers (University of Zaragoza) and special education teachers (Alborada Special Education School, Zaragoza). The description starts by providing a structure of such findings in five cognitive-social areas (interface usability, virtual representations understanding, time orientation, self-awareness, and social interaction). Design requirements are extracted by applying those findings to four support services (home control, time orientation, behavior contention, and context anticipation). Technological system description follows, together with the degree of implementation and testing for each service. A major result is the benefit of using a services interface with the same structure and appearance as the alternative and augmentative communication system that children are already acquainted with. Based on regulatory conditions, the needed flexibility, and reduced available budgets, this support platform is built on mainstream technology and low-cost single-board computers with standard databases and free software packages. Results show evidence of benefit in children's cognitive and social performance, in addition to offering a technological tool for deeper educational research.
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- Department of Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; (M.A.G.); (J.I.A.)
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Kübel SL, Wittmann M. A German Validation of Four Questionnaires Crucial to the Study of Time Perception: BPS, CFC-14, SAQ, and MQT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E8477. [PMID: 33207676 PMCID: PMC7696851 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17228477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We aimed to validate four established questionnaires related to time perception in German (Consideration of Future Consequences-14 scale (CFC-14), Boredom Proneness Scale (BPS), Metacognitive Questionnaire on Time (MQT), and Self-Awareness Questionnaire (SAQ)) using a back-translation method. Exploratory factor analyses were conducted on the data of 273 German-speaking participants to evaluate the factorial structures. Internal consistencies indicated good reliability values of the questionnaires and the respective subscales, except for the MQT. Intercorrelations between the questionnaires were examined to test their external validities and gain additional insight into the associations among the constructs. The consideration of future consequences was negatively linked to boredom proneness, whereas interoceptive awareness of one's bodily sensations was positively associated with boredom proneness. Additionally, interoceptive awareness was linked to metacognitive beliefs about which factors influence time perception. The results are discussed in regard to human time perception. Conclusion: The validated German questionnaires can now be used in research projects. Initial observations on how the questionnaires are related to each other fit the current knowledge on how human time perception works, yielding the first evidence for the external validity of the German versions of these established questionnaires. For evidence of criterion validity, future studies should more thoroughly investigate the external validities analyzing the correlations with other validated measures.
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- Sebastian L. Kübel
- Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany;
- Department of Criminology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, 79100 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany;
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Guillomía MA, Falcó JL, Artigas JI, García-Camino M. Time Orientation Technologies in Special Education. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 19:E2571. [PMID: 31174268 PMCID: PMC6603719 DOI: 10.3390/s19112571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A device to train children in time orientation has been designed, developed and evaluated. It is framed within a long-term cooperation action between university and special education school. It uses a specific cognitive accessible time display: Time left in the day is represented by a row of luminous elements initially on. Time passing is represented by turning off sequentially and gradually each luminous element every 15 min. Agenda is displayed relating time to tasks with standard pictograms for further accessibility. Notifications of tasks-to-come both for management support and anticipation to changes uses visual and auditory information. Agenda can be described in an Alternative and Augmentative Communication pictogram language already used by children, supporting individual and class activities on agenda. Validation has been performed with 16 children in 12 classrooms of four special education schools. Methodology for evaluation compares both prior and posterior assessments which are based in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) from the World Health Organization (WHO), together with observation registers. Results show consistent improvement in performances related with time orientation.
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- Miguel Angel Guillomía
- Deparment Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Deparment Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Deparment Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Deparment Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
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