Lyu Houchao, Du Gang, Rios Kimberly
Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States.
Front Psychol. 2019 Jul 3;10:1518. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01518. eCollection 2019.
The present study explored cross-cultural differences in future time perspective (FTP) and self-esteem and investigated whether the relationship between FTP and self-esteem differs between China and America. The FTP Scale and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were administered to 460 Chinese and 340 American undergraduates. Results showed that American undergraduates scored higher on the future-negative, future-positive, future-confusion, future-perseverant, and future-perspicuity subscales than did Chinese undergraduates; American undergraduates also had higher self-esteem than did Chinese undergraduates. The dimensions of FTP (future-negative, future-positive, future-confusion, and future-perseverant) significantly predicted self-esteem in both the Chinese and American samples. These results broaden our understanding of cross-cultural differences in FTP and self-esteem. Implications and future directions are discussed.
本研究探讨了未来时间观(FTP)和自尊的跨文化差异,并调查了中美两国之间FTP与自尊的关系是否存在差异。对460名中国本科生和340名美国本科生施测了未来时间观量表和罗森伯格自尊量表。结果显示,美国本科生在未来消极、未来积极、未来困惑、未来坚持和未来明晰子量表上的得分高于中国本科生;美国本科生的自尊水平也高于中国本科生。未来时间观的维度(未来消极、未来积极、未来困惑和未来坚持)在中国和美国样本中均显著预测了自尊。这些结果拓宽了我们对未来时间观和自尊跨文化差异的理解。文中还讨论了研究的意义和未来方向。