Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 15;17(18):6707. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186707.
Future time perspective, perceived social support, and dispositional gratitude are topics of interest that positively influence people's psychological health. Although gratitude has been positively associated with future time perspective and social support, this is the first study to investigate its mediating role in the relationships of future time perspective with perceived social support. A convenience sample of 1256 adults (55.1% women), mean age 34.55 years (SD = 13.92), completed self-reported measures of future time perspective (conceptualized as remaining time and opportunities), dispositional gratitude, and received and given social support. Results indicated that higher dispositional gratitude mediated the relationship between the perception of more remaining time and opportunities and greater perception of received and given social support. These findings highlight the importance of considering dispositional characteristics to better understand the impact of perceived future on the individuals' subjective experience of social exchanges. Interventions addressing future time perspective and dispositional gratitude might have beneficial effects on individuals' social well-being.
未来时间视角、感知社会支持和倾向感激是感兴趣的话题，它们对人们的心理健康有积极影响。虽然感激与未来时间视角和社会支持呈正相关，但这是第一项研究调查未来时间视角与感知社会支持之间关系的中介作用。一项方便样本调查了 1256 名成年人（55.1%为女性），平均年龄 34.55 岁（SD=13.92），完成了未来时间视角（概念化为剩余时间和机会）、倾向感激和接受和给予社会支持的自我报告测量。结果表明，较高的倾向感激中介了感知到更多剩余时间和机会与感知到更多接受和给予社会支持之间的关系。这些发现强调了考虑性格特征的重要性，以更好地理解感知未来对个体主观社会交往体验的影响。针对未来时间视角和倾向感激的干预措施可能对个体的社会幸福感产生有益影响。
