Testing models of the structure and development of future time perspective: Maintaining a focus on opportunities in middle age
Testing models of the structure and development of future time perspective: Maintaining a focus on opportunities in middle age
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DOI：
10.1037/0882-7974.22.1.186
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发表时间：
2007-03-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
John, Oliver P.
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作者：
Cate, Rebecca A.;John, Oliver P.
社会情绪选择性理论的核心结构是未来时间洞察力，它是一个从扩张到有限的一维双极结构。整个成年期的FTP变化被视为线性的，老年人显示出更有限的FTP。研究I和2表明，双因素模型拟合得更好，重点放在机会和局限性作为不同的维度。这些维度随年龄的不同而变化。在横断面研究3中，对机会的关注在青年期高于中年早期，但在中年晚期并没有进一步下降。对局限性的关注在青年和中年早期是相同的，但在中年晚期更高。在纵向研究4中，从中年早期到晚期，对限制的关注增加，对机会的关注再次保持，而不是显示出从FTP的I因素模型中假设的减少。
core construct in socioemotional selectivity theory is future time perspective (FTP), conceptualized as a unidimensional and bipolar construct ranging from expansive to limited. Change in FTP across adulthood has been treated as linear, with older adults showing more limited FTP. Studies I and 2 showed that a 2-factor model fit better, with focus on opportunities and focus on limitations as distinct dimensions. These dimensions changed differentially with age. In cross-sectional Study 3, focus on opportunities was higher in young adulthood than in early middle age but did not drop further in late middle age. Focus on limitations was the same in young adulthood and early middle age but was higher in late middle age. In longitudinal Study 4, focus on limitations increased from early to late middle age, and focus on opportunities was again maintained, rather than showing the decrease one would assume from a I-factor model of FTP.