Psychological Time in Later Life: Implications for Counseling

Shmotkin, Dov; Eyal, Nitza

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2003.tb00252.x

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“…The reminiscence function "Death Preparation", the way we use our past in order to achieve a calm and accepting attitude towards our own mortality, has been related to higher life satisfaction (Cappeliez Our study shows that a future orientation is significantly correlated with a higher positive affect. Caregivers should therefore be aware that giving older persons the chance to anticipate the future by encouraging them to make future plans based on realistic and feasible goals would give them a higher positive affect and an enhanced feeling of control over their lives (Shmotkin & Eyal, 2003;Heckhausen & Schulz, 1995;Fry, 1990). Prenda and Lachman (2001) also concluded that planning the future increases the level of satisfaction with life of older adults more than of younger persons.…”

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“…Other researchers found that maintaining a future perspective is important for older people, if combined with other time orientations (Miller & Lieberman, 1965;Shifflett, 1987;Spence, 1968). Studies of the future TP showed that when the residents of an nursing home were given the opportunity to participate in planning future events, such as the film schedule or the visiting hours, they had a better sense of control over their lives and showed an improvement in their physical and mental health (Heckhausen & Schulz, 1995;Fry, 1990;Shmotkin & Eyal, 2003). As Marcoen, Grommen and Van Ranst (2006) pointed out, "a realistic future perspective would be an advantage for the adaptation and happiness of the elderly" (p. 139).…”

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The Relationship Between Time Perspective and Subjective Well-being of Older Adults

Desmyter¹,

Raedt

2012

PSYCHOL BELG

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Time perspective is crucial for our present and future plans, and for the way we act in the present. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between time perspective and subjective well-being in older adults. The sample of our questionnaire study consisted of 149 older adults aged between 65 and 96 years. Time perspective was measured with the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. The five time perspective dimensions were related to four specific aspects of subjective well-being (positive affect, negative affect, life satisfaction and depression). Future-oriented older persons had a more positive affect. Older adults who were positively oriented towards the past appeared to be more satisfied with life. A hedonistic view of the present was related to a high positive affect. Older persons with a Past-Negative perspective were more likely to experience negative affect and depressive feelings, along with a lower level of positive affect and satisfaction with life. The Present-Fatalistic time perspective correlated with more depressive symptoms. The findings emphasize the relevance of time perspective styles for the subjective well-being, which has specific implications for the way caregivers could interact with older adults to enhance quality of life.

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The Relationship Between Time Perspective and Subjective Well-being of Older Adults

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Raedt

2012

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“…However, SWB functions within past and future time coordinates as well (Shmotkin & Eyal, 2003). A rudimentary temporal frame was proposed by Cantril (1965) in his Self-Anchoring Scale, which consists of three ratings of satisfaction with the past (e.g., 5 years before), present, and future (e.g., 5 years ahead).…”

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Happiness in the Face of Adversity: Reformulating the Dynamic and Modular Bases of Subjective Well-Being

Shmotkin

2005

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Addressing diversity and apparent contradictions in manifestations of happiness, this article delineates subjective well-being (SWB) as a dynamic system in the face of possible adversity. SWB constitutes a favorable psychological environment that regulates the hostile-world scenario, defined as one's image of actual or potential threats to one's life or integrity. SWB operates in various modules: experiential, wherein private awareness of SWB dwells on relevant core themes; declarative, wherein public selfreports of SWB function as social behavior; differential, wherein synchronic dimensions of SWB form well-being types; and narrative, wherein diachronic valences of SWB construct trajectories along one's life story. By explicating the regulatory and configurational nature of SWB, the present conceptualization emphasizes the process, rather than the outcome, of pursuing happiness.

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“…Among the diversity of existing psychological time theories and theories of future time as part of it (De Volder & Lens, 1982;Miller & Brickman, 2004;Ong & Bergeman, 2004;Shmotkin & Eyal, 2003;Golovakha & Kronik, 1984;Nuttin, 2004;Regush, 2003), most authors agree that one's life and motives are constructed in a certain "fi eld", the working space of which can be measured. In dangerous and stressful situations life perspective can decrease to the closest future goals and events, but during periods of calm refl ection it can be broaden to remote moments in the past and future and even go out of life time limits .…”

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International studies in time perspective

Paixão¹,

Silva²,

Ortuño³

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Being the first, we hope it to be a milestone in highlighting the effort spent by different psychological approaches to understand the role played by time concepts in individual, group, and organizational development .The Conference was jointly organized by the "Instituto de Psicologia Cognitiva, Desenvolvimento Vocacional e Social" (Institute for Cognitive Psychology, Vocational and Social Development), a R & D unit based at the University of Coimbra, and the "Groupe de Recherche en Psycologie Sociale -GrePS", a R&D unit based at the University of Lyon, France . It was hosted by the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the University of Coimbra (Portugal), the oldest University in Portugal (its foundation goes back to 1290), and an institution for which the notions of a rich past history and future strategic planning constitute the cornerstones of today's concerns . In a moment in time where the past, the present and the future are intensively invested with meaning and intention, researchers coming from all over the world reflected on how time perspectives impact on our lives, from our more proximal to our most distal socio-ecological contexts . It reunited more than 300 participants coming from 42 countries spread all over the 5 continents .During three intense but exciting days, senior and junior researchers exchanged and questioned emerging and well established concepts, reflecting upon diverse and joint projects, and prepared the path for future developments .We can undoubtedly say that the organization of this conference was a timely one, once there has lately been a renewed interest, as well as a series of academic initiatives, dedicated to the understanding of specific aspects of individual, group, and social behavior through the study of its core temporal dimensions .The study of subjective temporality or Time Perspective (TP) has been going on since K . Lewin defined it as "the totality of the individual's view of his psychological future and psychological past existing at a given time" (1951, p . 75), and it has encompassed several topics in various psychological domains . The chapters that are included in this book are a good illustration of the multifaceted focus on the research of subjective time in the psychological science . Taking this diversity into account, the editors opted to organize the contributions into six parts, corresponding to the following broad scientific domains:Part 1 -Time Perspective and human development: adaptive functioning and risk behaviors across the life-span . This part includes 8 chapters presenting the role played by TP, both in the normative developmental path from birth to death and in more deviant patterns of behavioral functioning in childhood, adolescence and adulthood . 0Part 2 -The relationships of personality and affective processes with Time Perspective, includes 4 chapters that address the relations among psychological personality traits and more dynamic affective processes with several subjective temporality dimensions .Part 3 -Time Perspective, health an...

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Psychological Time in Later Life: Implications for Counseling

Cited by 29 publications

References 54 publications

The Relationship Between Time Perspective and Subjective Well-being of Older Adults

The Relationship Between Time Perspective and Subjective Well-being of Older Adults

Happiness in the Face of Adversity: Reformulating the Dynamic and Modular Bases of Subjective Well-Being

International studies in time perspective

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