Griva Fay, Tseferidi Sofia-Ioanna, Anagnostopoulos Fotios
a College for Humanistic Sciences , ICPS, Athens, Greece - In Collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire , Preston , UK.
Psychol Health Med. 2015;20(1):25-33. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2014.913798. Epub 2014 May 1.
The present study examined the associations of time perspective (TP) with health behaviors including smoking, exercise, and body mass index (BMI), and perceptions of health status after controlling for sociodemographic factors. Participants (N = 413) completed a web-based questionnaire that included a short version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, and reported their weight, height, smoking, and exercise frequency. Future TP was associated with more physical exercise, whereas past-negative and present-fatalistic dimensions were associated with higher BMI. Smoking was not associated with any of the TP dimensions. Additionally, all of the dimensions of TP were found to be associated with conceptually relevant perceptions of health status. Research on TP predominantly focuses on the future and the present orientation, but the findings of the present study suggest that all dimensions of TP should be used in health-related research. Also, issues regarding the role of the present-hedonistic dimension are discussed and directions for future research are proposed.
本研究在控制了社会人口学因素后，考察了时间观（TP）与包括吸烟、运动和体重指数（BMI）在内的健康行为以及健康状况认知之间的关联。参与者（N = 413）完成了一份基于网络的问卷，其中包括一个简短版的津巴多时间观量表，并报告了他们的体重、身高、吸烟情况和运动频率。未来时间观与更多的体育锻炼相关，而过去消极时间观和当下宿命时间观维度与更高的BMI相关。吸烟与任何时间观维度均无关联。此外，研究发现时间观的所有维度都与健康状况的概念相关认知有关。关于时间观的研究主要集中在未来和当下取向，但本研究结果表明，时间观的所有维度都应用于健康相关研究。此外，还讨论了当下享乐时间观维度的作用问题，并提出了未来研究的方向。
