Droit-Volet Sylvie, Wearden John H
Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
University of Keele, Keele, UK.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2015 Mar;156:77-82. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.01.006. Epub 2015 Feb 19.
Many people accept the idea that time seems to pass more quickly as they get older, as if this is a psychological reality. However, systematic investigations of differences in judgments of passage of time between young and elderly people are very rare and contradictory. The present study examined the experience of passage of time in daily life in young and elderly people using Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM), with 8 alerts per day for 5 days being delivered by smartphones. At each alert, a short questionnaire was filled in, asking questions about passage of present time, affective state, arousal level, and attention to current activities, among others. Our ESM study found no difference between the young and the old participants in the judgment of passage of present time. Irrespective of the participants' age, the experience of passage of time in every-day life was significantly related to affective states and current activities when they captured attention.
随着年龄增长，时间似乎过得更快，仿佛这是一种心理现实。然而，针对年轻人和老年人对时间流逝判断差异的系统性研究非常少见且相互矛盾。本研究采用经验取样法（ESM），通过智能手机每天发出8次提醒，持续5天，来考察年轻人和老年人在日常生活中的时间流逝体验。每次提醒时，参与者需填写一份简短问卷，询问关于当前时间流逝、情感状态、唤醒水平以及对当前活动的注意力等问题。我们的ESM研究发现，在对当前时间流逝的判断上，年轻参与者和老年参与者之间没有差异。无论参与者年龄如何，日常生活中的时间流逝体验与情感状态以及吸引他们注意力的当前活动显著相关。
