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Standing on shaky ground and living in the now: How resource amount and stability influence time perspectives
Author(s) -
Gore Jonathan S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12520
Subject(s) - fatalism , perspective (graphical) , time perspective , psychology , prosocial behavior , resource (disambiguation) , social psychology , stability (learning theory) , social cognitive theory , cognition , neuroscience , computer network , philosophy , theology , artificial intelligence , machine learning , computer science
Abstract Time perspective predicts multiple health, antisocial, and prosocial outcomes, but the factors that explain it are rarely examined. Two studies examined the unique influences of resource amount and stability on time perspective. In both studies, participants ( n = 300 college students for Study 1, 167 working adults for Study 2) reported the amount and stability of their income, and their time perspectives. The instability of financial and social resources was associated with present‐fatalistic perspective. The stability of personal resources was associated with future‐planful perspective. Implications for developmental and cognitive theories of risky behavior are discussed.