The Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Time Perspective in Students

Zebardast, Azra; Beshārat, Mohammad Ali; Hghighatgoo, Marjan

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.181

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“…Our notion that individuals particularly reflect on future that they believe is controllable is supported by recent studies [ 202 , 203 ], which found strong relationships between FTP and general and specific self-efficacy, that is, “people’s beliefs about their capabilities to exercise control over their own level of functioning and over events that affect their lives” [ 204 ] ( p. 257). It seems that individuals who feel capable, and who reflect on their future, also see the importance of their future achievements and consequently work harder to develop the skills needed to achieve their goals.…”

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confidence: 56%

Motivational power of future time perspective: Meta-analyses in education, work, and health

Andre¹,

Vianen²,

Peetsma³

et al. 2018

PLoS ONE

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Future time perspective (FTP) may predict individual attitudes and behaviors. However, FTP research includes different FTP conceptualizations and outcomes which hinder generalizing its findings. To solve the inconsistencies in FTP research and generalize the magnitude of FTP as a driver of motivation and behavior, we conducted the first systematical synthesis of FTP relationships in three crucial life domains. Our meta-analyses of FTP studies in education (k = 28), work (k = 17), and health (k = 32) involved N = 31,558 participants, and used a conceptual model for grouping FTP constructs. To address different outcome types, we applied the Theory of Planned Behavior when coding the studies. FTP relationships with outcomes were small-to-medium, were generalizable across domains, and were strongest when the FTP construct included a mixture of cognition, behavioral intention, and affect and, in education, when the FTP measure was domain specific rather than general. There were cross-cultural differences in FTP-outcome relationships. The strength of the FTP-outcome types relationship varied for attitudes, perceived behavioral control, behavioral intention, and behaviors. The lowest effect sizes were found for FTP predicting actual behaviors in education, work, and health and between FTP and health attitudes. Theoretical implications of the findings and future research directions are discussed.

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confidence: 56%

Motivational power of future time perspective: Meta-analyses in education, work, and health

Andre¹,

Vianen²,

Peetsma³

et al. 2018

PLoS ONE

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117

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“…Being focused on the present in the fatalistic sense should undermine motivation to carry out cognitively demanding tasks, as control of future consequences and outcomes of behavior are regarded as out of own control. This should entail lower levels of self-efficacy (see Boniwell et al, 2010; Zebardast et al, 2011; Zajenkowski et al, 2016a, b) and a less proactive and organized approach to the task (Carelli et al, 2011, see also Baumann and Odum, 2012). Lower self-efficacy in the decision-making competence domain, or more generally, could possibly hamper performance in cognitively demanding decision-making tasks.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Fatalistic Decision Maker: Time Perspective, Working Memory, and Older Adults’ Decision-Making Competence

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Prior research indicates that time perspective (TP; views of past, present, and future) is related to decision-making style. By contrast, no prior study considered relations between TP and decision-making competence. We therefore investigated associations between dimensions of the Swedish Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (S-ZTPI) and performance on the Adult Decision-Making Competence (A-DMC) battery in a sample of older adults (60–90 years, N = 346). A structural equation model involving four A-DMC components as indicators of a general DMC factor and the six TP dimensions as the predictors revealed a significant negative association between the Present Fatalistic dimension and DMC. Given that age-related differences were apparent in DMC and that Present Fatalistic orientation increased with age, we tested a model by which the age-related differences in DMC were mediated by age-related differences in Present Fatalistic attitudes and in working memory. The results were consistent with full mediation of the age effects, with Present Fatalistic and working memory jointly accounting for a substantial amount of the variance in DMC (51%). The finding that DMC among older adults, in particular more cognitively demanding aspects such as applying decision rules, can be undermined by increased present fatalistic attitudes and declines in working memory is discussed in terms of theoretical frameworks highlighting the contribution of both motivational and cognitive factors to effective decision making.

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“…The role of time perspective as a mediator in explaining the effect of self-efficacy on the tendency toward substance abuse is important. Findings show that in addition to being associated with the tendency toward substance abuse (Ibrahim et al, 2011), time perspective is also related to self-efficacy (Zebardast, Besharat, & Haghighatgoo, 2011). A person who has high future time perspective will also have high self-efficacy and a person who has high past negative and present fatalistic perspectives will have low self-efficacy.…”

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The Mediating Role of Time Perspective in the Relationship between General Self-Efficacy and the Tendency toward Substance Abuse in Female Adolescents

Shafikhani

Baghérian

Shokri

2018

International Journal of Psychology

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This study investigates the mediating role of time perspective in the relationship between self-efficacy and the tendency toward substance abuse in adolescent girls. A total of 405 adolescent high school girls in Tehran (mean age: 16; SD: 1.01) completed the Sherer general self-efficacy questionnaire, Zimbardo time perspective inventory, and the addiction potential scale. The results indicated that a low level of self-efficacy, high levels of past negative perspective, present hedonistic, and present fatalistic perspectives, low levels of past positive perspective, and futurism predicted an increase in the tendency toward substance abuse among adolescents. On the other hand, the time perspective mediated the relationship between the tendency toward substance abuse and self-efficacy. The findings showed the importance of self-efficacy instruction in primary programs designed to prevent drug abuse among adolescents. Moreover, the preventive programs should include measures to create a balanced time perspective that is, increasing futurism and past positive perspectives, and reducing present hedonistic, present fatalistic, and past negative perspectives.

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The Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Time Perspective in Students

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Motivational power of future time perspective: Meta-analyses in education, work, and health

Motivational power of future time perspective: Meta-analyses in education, work, and health

The Fatalistic Decision Maker: Time Perspective, Working Memory, and Older Adults’ Decision-Making Competence

The Mediating Role of Time Perspective in the Relationship between General Self-Efficacy and the Tendency toward Substance Abuse in Female Adolescents

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