Abstract
The goals of this study were to determine the relations between having a balanced time perspective (BTP) with various measures
of subjective well-being (SWB) and to test how various operationalizations of a BTP might impact the relation between having
a BTP and SWB. We operationalized a balanced time perspective using: (a) Drake et al.’s Time Soc 17(1):47–61, (2008) cut-off-point method, (b) Boniwell et al.’s J Posit Psychol 5(1):24–40, (2010) suggestion of using a hierarchical cluster analysis, and (c) a deviation from a balanced time perspective (DBTP; Stolarski
et al. Time Soc, 2011). The results demonstrated that having a BTP is related to increased satisfaction with life, happiness, positive affect,
psychological need satisfaction, self-determination, vitality, and gratitude as well as decreased negative affect. Also, the
DBTP was the best predictor of SWB. We discuss why individuals with a BTP are likely to be happier in life.
of subjective well-being (SWB) and to test how various operationalizations of a BTP might impact the relation between having
a BTP and SWB. We operationalized a balanced time perspective using: (a) Drake et al.’s Time Soc 17(1):47–61, (2008) cut-off-point method, (b) Boniwell et al.’s J Posit Psychol 5(1):24–40, (2010) suggestion of using a hierarchical cluster analysis, and (c) a deviation from a balanced time perspective (DBTP; Stolarski
et al. Time Soc, 2011). The results demonstrated that having a BTP is related to increased satisfaction with life, happiness, positive affect,
psychological need satisfaction, self-determination, vitality, and gratitude as well as decreased negative affect. Also, the
DBTP was the best predictor of SWB. We discuss why individuals with a BTP are likely to be happier in life.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Research Paper
- Pages 1-16
- DOI 10.1007/s10902-012-9322-x
- Authors
- Jia Wei Zhang, Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
- Ryan T. Howell, Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
- Maciej Stolarski, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Journal Journal of Happiness Studies
- Online ISSN 1573-7780
- Print ISSN 1389-4978