“…However, there is some controversy regarding the direction of this association, with some research suggesting that limited future time perceptions relate to higher subjective well-being (Carstensen, Mikels, & Mather, 2006), whereas others show the opposite (Allemand et. al., 2012; Demiray & Bluck, 2014; Kosik, Hoppmann, & Gerstorf, in press; Kotter-Gruehn & Smith, 2011). Such discrepant findings could be due to different operational definitions of future time perceptions, limited attention to individual differences in resources, or both (Carstensen et al, 2006; Cate & John, 2007; Charles, 2010; Kotter-Gruehn & Smith, 2011; Mirowsky, 1997; Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999).…”