Thinking styles and time perspectives

Kuan, Tat-Yeung James; Zhang, Lifang

doi:10.1080/01443410.2020.1730306

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“…Thus, it is understandable that nontraditional-aged postgraduate students have more preferences for Type I thinking styles. This finding can lend support to previous studies (Zhang and He, 2011;Kuan and Zhang, 2020).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Empirical evidence on age difference in thinking styles is inconsistent (Zhang and He, 2011;Al-Thani et al, 2014;Kuan and Zhang, 2020). These inconsistent findings can be partially accounted for by cultural differences, teaching methods (Lau, 2014), instructional modes (Fan, 2012), or interactional effects of age and gender in the role of thinking styles.…”

Section: Demographic Factors and Their Relationships With Thinking Stylesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides, the changeability of intellectual styles might be repeated and bidirectional over different periods of durations. For example, based on the data collected from Kuan and Zhang (2020), the authors found that older participants are positively associated with Type II thinking styles (e.g., higher executive styles) in secondary schools. Furthermore, data gathered from a sample of university students, Zhang and He (2011) revealed that older students tended to score significantly higher in the frequency of using Type I thinking styles.…”

Section: Demographic Factors and Their Relationships With Thinking Stylesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Firstly, adaptive Type I thinking styles have been widely proved to be correlated with positive individual variables. For instance, Type I thinking styles are positively linked to future time perspectives, a mature defense style, academic performance, and higher levels of cognitive development (Zhang, 2002;Karagiannopoulou and Christodoulides, 2005;Kuan and Zhang, 2020). Secondly, thinking styles also exhibited predicting powers in individual-difference variables.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Demographic factors (i.e., age, gender, marital status, and socioeconomic status) can be considered as one of the significant determinants influencing thinking styles. However, controversies over the influences of age on thinking styles have been detected (Zhang and He, 2011;Al-Thani et al, 2014;Kuan and Zhang, 2020). Similarly, different perspectives have also been made on the functions of gender on thinking styles (Witkin and Berry, 1975;Balkis and Isiker, 2005;Gridley, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Predictive Roles of Thinking Styles in Coping Strategies Among Mainland Postgraduate Students in Hong Kong

Chen

2022

Front. Psychol.

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The primary objective of the present research was to explore the statistical predictive power of thinking styles in coping strategies beyond demographic factors. One hundred and forty-eight mainland postgraduate students were administered to the Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II (TSI-R2) and the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) Revised. Results indicated that Type I thinking styles primarily predicted adaptive coping strategies, while Type II thinking styles positively contributed to maladaptive coping strategies. Results in the present research were largely in the expected directions beyond the influence of demographic factors. Furthermore, thinking styles varied as a function of age, gender, gender-role orientation, and marital status. Implications for postgraduate students, academics, university administrators, and the limitations of the research, are discussed.

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confidence: 92%

Section: Demographic Factors and Their Relationships With Thinking Stylesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Demographic Factors and Their Relationships With Thinking Stylesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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confidence: 99%

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Predictive Roles of Thinking Styles in Coping Strategies Among Mainland Postgraduate Students in Hong Kong

Chen

2022

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The mediating role of thinking styles in the relationship between adolescent time perspective and subjective well‐being

Kuan

2022

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction:The mechanism behind how time perspective (TP) relates to subjective well-being is not fully understood and thinking styles might be potential mediators. However, our understanding of the relationship between thinking styles and subjective well-being is currently limited to adult studies. This study aims to extend the literature by examining the mediating role of thinking styles in the relationship between TP and subjective well-being in an adolescent sample. Methods: One hundred forty-nine male and one hundred and fourteen female secondary school students (13-18 years old) in Hong Kong responded to the Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II (TSI-R2), the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS) in two waves separated by 2 months in 2017. Results: After controlling for gender and TP, internal and external styles positively predicted positive affect and future life satisfaction after 2 months. Adaptive Type I hierarchical style positively predicted both positive and negative affect after 2 months, which supports the two-dimensional structure of affect. Unexpectedly, maladaptive Type II styles did not predict subjective well-being. Longitudinal mediation using cross-lagged panel model showed that thinking styles mediated three relationships between TP and subjective well-being. The internal style mediated the relationship between Past-Negative TP, positive affect, and future life satisfaction, while the external style mediated the relationship between Future TP and future life satisfaction. Conclusions: Thinking styles predicted adolescent subjective well-being and acted as mediators in the relationship between TPs and subjective well-being.

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