Psychological Development and Education ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 683-690.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2017.06.06

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How Time Perspective Influences Procrastination: Mediating Roles of Time Discounting

SONG Meige1,2, FENG Tingyong2   

  1. 1. Sichuan Instrument Industry School, Chongqing 400715;
    2. Research Center for Psychology and Social Development Southwest University Southwest University Faculty of Psychology, 400715
  • Online:2017-11-15 Published:2017-11-15

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Abstract: We uesd Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, General procrastination Scale and the delay-discounting-task to explore the influence of time perspective influences procrastination, and the mediation effects of time discounting. The results showed that:(1) For the sample of 553 youngsters, the stepwise multiple regression analysis and the dominance analysis were showed that Future dimension in the prediction of procrastination contribution is the largest; (2) For the sample of 121 youngsters, the mediation effect analysis showed that future time orientation to delay discounting rate k significantly important prediction. In conclusion, the findings indicate that time perspective is an important individual trait, which should be considered into affecting factors of procrastination. Time perspective is to some extent by influencing the individual time discounting rate to affect the procrastination behavior.

Key words: time perspective, time discounting, procrastination, youngster

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