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Time Perspective, Life Satisfaction and Social Comparison Orientation in University Students

Year 2018, Issue: 43, 107 - 116, 01.01.2018

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the predictive power of time
perspective for the life satisfaction and social comparison in university
students. The participants (n= 441; 321 female and 120 male) are undergraduate
students at a state university. The data of the study were collected through
the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, 
The Satisfaction with Life Scale and 
IOWA-Netherlands Social Comparison Orientation Measure.
In order to determine the
prediction power of the time perspective for the life satisfaction and social
comparison, standard multiple regression analysis was used. According to the
finding of this study, while past-positive and future predicted life
satisfaction positively, past-negative predicted life satisfaction negatively.
However, present-hedonistic and present-fatalistic didn’t predict life
satisfaction. In addition, while past-negative predicted social comparison
orientation negatively, past-positive, present-hedonistic, present-fatalistic
and future didn’t predict social comparison orientation. According to the
finding of this study, while past-positive and future predicted life
satisfaction positively, past-negative predicted life satisfaction negatively.
However, present-hedonistic and present-fatalistic didn’t predict life
satisfaction. In addition, while past-negative predicted social comparison
orientation negatively, past-positive, present-hedonistic, present-fatalistic
and future didn’t predict social comparison orientation.

References

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  • Bolotova, A.K., ve Hachaturova, M.R. (2013). The role of time perspective in coping behavior. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 6(3), 120-131.
  • Buhl, M., ve Linder, D. (2009). Time perspectives in adolescence: Measurement, profiles, and links with personality characteristics and scholastic experience. Diskurs Kindheits-und Jungendforschung, 2, 197-216.
  • Buunk, A.P., ve Gibbons, F.X. (2006). Social comparison orientation: A new perspective on those who do and those who don’t compare with others. In Guimond, S. (Ed.), Social Comparison and Social Psychology: Understanding cognition, intergroup relations and culture (pp. 15-33). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Büyüköztürk, S., Çakmak, E. K., Akgün, Ö. A., Karadeniz, S. ve Demirel, F. (2008). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayınları.
  • Chen, T., Liu, L.L., Cui, J.F., Chen, X.J., Wang, J., Zhang, Y.B., Chan, R. C. K. (2016). Present-fatalistic time perspective and life satisfaction: The moderating role of age. Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 161–165.
  • Çivitci, N. ve Çivitci, A. (2015). Social comparison orientation, hardiness and life satisfaction in undergraduate students. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 205, 516-523.
  • Daukantaite, D. (2015), Time perspective and mental health continuum: What are the time perspective profiles of flourishing, moderately mentally healthy, and languishing individuals? Social Inquiry into Well-Being. 1(2), 12–24.
  • Desmyter, F. ve Raedt, R.D., (2012). The relationship between time perspective and subjective well-being of older adults. Psychologica Belgica. 52(1),19–38.
  • Diener, E. ve Suh, E. (1997). Measuring quality of life: Economic, social, and subjective indicators. Social Indicators Research, 40(1-2), 189-216.
  • Drake, L., Duncan, E., Sutherland, F., Abernethy, C., ve Henry, C. (2008). Time perspectives and correlates of wellbeing. Time & Society, 17 (1), 47-61.
  • Dwivedi, A. ve Rastogi, R. (2015). Relatıonship between life satisfaction and present time perspective: a study on emerging adulthood. International Journal of Education & Psychology in the Community, 5(1/2), 64-72.
  • Ferrari, J.R., ve Diaz Morales,J.F. (2007). Procrastination: Different time orientations reflect different motives. Journal of Research in Personality, 41 (3), 707-714.
  • Festinger, L.A. (1954). Theory of social comparison processes. Human Relations. 7, 117-140.
  • Fieulaine, N. ve Martinez, F. (2011). About the fuels of self-regulatıon: tıme perspectıve and desıre for control in adolescents substance use. The Psychology of Self-Regulation, 102-121.
  • Gao, Y.-J. (2011). Time perspective and life satisfaction among young adults in Taiwan. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 39(6), 729-736.
  • Gibbons, F.X. ve Buunk, B.P. (1999). Individual differences in social comparison: The development of a scale of social comparison orientation. Journal of Personality and Social Psycholog., 76, 129-142.
  • Köker, S. (1991). Normal ve sorunlu ergenlerin yaşam doyumu düzeyinin karşılaştırılması. Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara.
  • Milfont, T. L. ve Gouveia, V. V. (2006). Time perspective and values: An explaratory study of their relations to environmental attitudes. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 26, 72-82.
  • Muro, A., Feliu-Soler, A., Castella, J., Devi, J., ve Soler, J. (2017). Does time perspective predict life satisfaction? A study ıncluding mindfulness as a measure of time experience in a sample of Catalan students. Mindfulness, 8(3), 655-663.
  • Sailer, U., Rosenberg, P., Nima, A. A., Gamble, A., Garling, T., Archer, T., et al. (2014). A happier and less sinister past, a more hedonistic and less fatalistic present and a more structured future: time perspective and well-being. Peerj, 2, e303. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.303.
  • Sansone, G, Fong, G.T., Hall, P.A., Guignard, R., Beck, F., Mons, U., Pötschke-Langer, M., Yong, H.H., Thompson, M.E., Omar, M., Jiang, Y. (2013). Time perspective as a predictor of smoking status: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Surveys in Scotland, France, Germany, China, and Malaysia. BMC Public Health, 13 (2013), 346-2458.
  • Sobol-Kwapinska, M., ve Jankowski,T. (2016). Positive time: Balanced time perspective and positive orientation. Journal of Happiness Studies, 17, 1511–1528.
  • Stolarski, M., Bitner, J., & Zimbardo, P. G. (2011). Time perspective, emotional intelligence and discounting of delayed awards. Time & Society, 20(3), 346-363.
  • Strack , F., Schwarz, N., ve Gschneidinger, E. (1985), Happiness and reminiscing: The role of time perspective, affect, and mode of thinking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49(6), 1460-1469.
  • Şahin-Baltacı, H., ve Çivitci, N. (2016, Nisan). The relationship of time perspective and depresion among university students. 7th Conference on Psychology, Counseling and Guidance’ da sunulmuş sözlü bildiri. Kuşadası, Türkiye.
  • Tagay, Ö. ve Şahin-Baltacı, H. (2017). Ergenlerde öznel iyi oluş ve zaman tutumu: Benlik saygısı ve iyimserliğin aracı rolü. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 41, 131-144.
  • Teközel, İ.M. (2000). Sosyal karşılaştırma süreçlerinde benliğin olumlu değerlendirilmesi ihtiyacının incelenmesi. Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Ege Üniversitesi, İzmir.
  • Zimbardo, P. G., ve Boyd, J. N. (1999). Putting time in perspective: A valid, reliable individual differences metric. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(6), 1271–1288.

Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Zaman Perspektifi, Yaşam Doyumu ve Sosyal Karşılaştırma

Year 2018, Issue: 43, 107 - 116, 01.01.2018

Abstract

Bu araştırmada, üniversite
öğrencilerinde zaman perspektifinin yaşam doyumu ve sosyal karşılaştırma
yönelimindeki rolü incelenmiştir. Araştırma, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim
Fakültesi’nde öğrenim gören ve tesadüfî olarak seçilen 321’i kız ve 120’si
erkek olmak üzere toplam 441 öğrenci ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırma verilerini
toplamak amacıyla, Zaman Perspektifi Ölçeği, Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği ve IOWA-Netherlands
Sosyal Karşılaştırma Yönelimi Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada, zaman
perspektifinin sosyal karşılaştırma yönelimi ve yaşam doyumunu yordama gücünü
belirlemek için çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda
elde edilen bulgulara göre üniversite öğrencilerinde
yaşam doyumunu zaman perspektifinin geçmiş-olumsuz
boyutu negatif yönde yordarken geçmiş-olumlu ve gelecek boyutu pozitif yönde
yordamaktadır. Şimdi-hazcı ve şimdi-kaderci boyutlarının ise yaşam doyumunu yordayıcı
bir rolünün olmadığı görülmektedir. Araştırmada diğer bir yordanan değişken
olarak ele alınan sosyal karşılaştırma yönelimini
geçmiş-olumsuz boyutun pozitif yönde yordadığı, geçmiş-olumlu, şimdi-kaderci,
gelecek ve şimdi-hazcı boyutlarının ise anlamlı düzeyde yordamadığı
görülmektedir

References

  • Akın, A., Ertürk, K., Yalnız, A., Akın, Ü. ve Demirci, İ. (2015). Zimbardo Zaman Perspektifi Ölçeği'nin Türkçe Formu’nun geçerlik ve güvenirliği. VII. Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Eğitimi Kongresi. Nevşehir, Türkiye.
  • Andretta, J. R. (2010). Time attitude profiles in adolescents: predicting differences in educational outcomes and psychological wellbeing. Electronic Thesis and Dissertations UC Berkeley. Permalink: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/9kc6z29k.
  • Bolotova, A.K., ve Hachaturova, M.R. (2013). The role of time perspective in coping behavior. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 6(3), 120-131.
  • Buhl, M., ve Linder, D. (2009). Time perspectives in adolescence: Measurement, profiles, and links with personality characteristics and scholastic experience. Diskurs Kindheits-und Jungendforschung, 2, 197-216.
  • Buunk, A.P., ve Gibbons, F.X. (2006). Social comparison orientation: A new perspective on those who do and those who don’t compare with others. In Guimond, S. (Ed.), Social Comparison and Social Psychology: Understanding cognition, intergroup relations and culture (pp. 15-33). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Büyüköztürk, S., Çakmak, E. K., Akgün, Ö. A., Karadeniz, S. ve Demirel, F. (2008). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayınları.
  • Chen, T., Liu, L.L., Cui, J.F., Chen, X.J., Wang, J., Zhang, Y.B., Chan, R. C. K. (2016). Present-fatalistic time perspective and life satisfaction: The moderating role of age. Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 161–165.
  • Çivitci, N. ve Çivitci, A. (2015). Social comparison orientation, hardiness and life satisfaction in undergraduate students. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 205, 516-523.
  • Daukantaite, D. (2015), Time perspective and mental health continuum: What are the time perspective profiles of flourishing, moderately mentally healthy, and languishing individuals? Social Inquiry into Well-Being. 1(2), 12–24.
  • Desmyter, F. ve Raedt, R.D., (2012). The relationship between time perspective and subjective well-being of older adults. Psychologica Belgica. 52(1),19–38.
  • Diener, E. ve Suh, E. (1997). Measuring quality of life: Economic, social, and subjective indicators. Social Indicators Research, 40(1-2), 189-216.
  • Drake, L., Duncan, E., Sutherland, F., Abernethy, C., ve Henry, C. (2008). Time perspectives and correlates of wellbeing. Time & Society, 17 (1), 47-61.
  • Dwivedi, A. ve Rastogi, R. (2015). Relatıonship between life satisfaction and present time perspective: a study on emerging adulthood. International Journal of Education & Psychology in the Community, 5(1/2), 64-72.
  • Ferrari, J.R., ve Diaz Morales,J.F. (2007). Procrastination: Different time orientations reflect different motives. Journal of Research in Personality, 41 (3), 707-714.
  • Festinger, L.A. (1954). Theory of social comparison processes. Human Relations. 7, 117-140.
  • Fieulaine, N. ve Martinez, F. (2011). About the fuels of self-regulatıon: tıme perspectıve and desıre for control in adolescents substance use. The Psychology of Self-Regulation, 102-121.
  • Gao, Y.-J. (2011). Time perspective and life satisfaction among young adults in Taiwan. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 39(6), 729-736.
  • Gibbons, F.X. ve Buunk, B.P. (1999). Individual differences in social comparison: The development of a scale of social comparison orientation. Journal of Personality and Social Psycholog., 76, 129-142.
  • Köker, S. (1991). Normal ve sorunlu ergenlerin yaşam doyumu düzeyinin karşılaştırılması. Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara.
  • Milfont, T. L. ve Gouveia, V. V. (2006). Time perspective and values: An explaratory study of their relations to environmental attitudes. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 26, 72-82.
  • Muro, A., Feliu-Soler, A., Castella, J., Devi, J., ve Soler, J. (2017). Does time perspective predict life satisfaction? A study ıncluding mindfulness as a measure of time experience in a sample of Catalan students. Mindfulness, 8(3), 655-663.
  • Sailer, U., Rosenberg, P., Nima, A. A., Gamble, A., Garling, T., Archer, T., et al. (2014). A happier and less sinister past, a more hedonistic and less fatalistic present and a more structured future: time perspective and well-being. Peerj, 2, e303. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.303.
  • Sansone, G, Fong, G.T., Hall, P.A., Guignard, R., Beck, F., Mons, U., Pötschke-Langer, M., Yong, H.H., Thompson, M.E., Omar, M., Jiang, Y. (2013). Time perspective as a predictor of smoking status: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Surveys in Scotland, France, Germany, China, and Malaysia. BMC Public Health, 13 (2013), 346-2458.
  • Sobol-Kwapinska, M., ve Jankowski,T. (2016). Positive time: Balanced time perspective and positive orientation. Journal of Happiness Studies, 17, 1511–1528.
  • Stolarski, M., Bitner, J., & Zimbardo, P. G. (2011). Time perspective, emotional intelligence and discounting of delayed awards. Time & Society, 20(3), 346-363.
  • Strack , F., Schwarz, N., ve Gschneidinger, E. (1985), Happiness and reminiscing: The role of time perspective, affect, and mode of thinking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49(6), 1460-1469.
  • Şahin-Baltacı, H., ve Çivitci, N. (2016, Nisan). The relationship of time perspective and depresion among university students. 7th Conference on Psychology, Counseling and Guidance’ da sunulmuş sözlü bildiri. Kuşadası, Türkiye.
  • Tagay, Ö. ve Şahin-Baltacı, H. (2017). Ergenlerde öznel iyi oluş ve zaman tutumu: Benlik saygısı ve iyimserliğin aracı rolü. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 41, 131-144.
  • Teközel, İ.M. (2000). Sosyal karşılaştırma süreçlerinde benliğin olumlu değerlendirilmesi ihtiyacının incelenmesi. Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Ege Üniversitesi, İzmir.
  • Zimbardo, P. G., ve Boyd, J. N. (1999). Putting time in perspective: A valid, reliable individual differences metric. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(6), 1271–1288.
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Nazmiye Çivitci

Hülya Şahin Baltacı

Publication Date January 1, 2018
Submission Date December 2, 2017
Acceptance Date January 4, 2018
Published in Issue Year 2018 Issue: 43

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APA Çivitci, N., & Şahin Baltacı, H. (2018). Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Zaman Perspektifi, Yaşam Doyumu ve Sosyal Karşılaştırma. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 43(43), 107-116.