THE DIMENSIONALITY OF FUTURE TIME PERSPECTIVE. (20th December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grühn, Daniel; Knight, Rebekah
• Is Part Of: Innovation in aging. Volume 6(2022)Supplement 1
• Page Start: 188
• Page End: 188
• Publication Date: 2022-12-20
• Subjects: Aging -- Periodicals; Gerontology -- Periodicals; 612.67
• DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igac059.751
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2399-5300

Abstract

Abstract: There have been suggestions that the measure of future time perspective shows a two-factor structure. However, the two-factor structure coincides with positively- and negatively-framed items potentially indicating a method factor rather than a content factor. By using reversed-scored items in an adult sample (N = 1421, aged 19 to 79, M = 39.1, SD = 11.1), we found evidence that the two-factor structure is mainly due to the framing of the items representing method factors rather than representing separate content factors. Item framing might be more important in aging-related research than expected.