TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of time perspective and mindfulness on life satisfaction in the United States of America, Spain, Poland and Japan
T2 - A cross-cultural study
AU - Olivera-Figueroa, Lening A.
AU - Muro, Anna
AU - Feliu-Soler, Albert
AU - Chishima, Yuta
AU - Jankowski, Konrad S.
AU - Allen, Michael Todd
AU - Servatius, Richard J.
AU - Unger, Alexander
AU - Papastamatelou, Julie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.
PY - 2022/3/12
Y1 - 2022/3/12
N2 - We assessed the cross-cultural role of Time Perspective (TP) tendencies [Past Positive (PP), Past Negative (PN), Present Hedonistic (PH), Present Fatalistic (PF), and Future (F)], the Deviation from a Balanced Time Perspective (DBTP) profile, the Deviation from a Negative Time Perspective (DNTP) profile, and mindfulness on life satisfaction (LS). The sample consisted of psychology undergraduate students (N = 867, MAGE = 20.19, SD = 3.417) in four countries: USA, Spain, Poland and Japan. We used a 17-item short version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in all countries. For ensuring measurement invariance, we conducted pairwise CFAs for the ZTPI-17, MAAS and SWLS. Regression analyses showed that PN predicted decreased LS in Poland and Japan. PP predicted increased LS in Spain. F predicted increased LS in Poland. DNTP predicted decreased LS in Poland. Mindfulness predicted decreased LS in Japan and increased LS in USA, Spain and Poland. Moreover, mediation analyses revealed that the DBTP partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and LS in Spain and USA. The DNTP partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and LS in Spain, Poland and Japan (opposite direction). The findings suggest that the association of TP, mindfulness and LS differs across the investigated countries as a function of culture.
AB - We assessed the cross-cultural role of Time Perspective (TP) tendencies [Past Positive (PP), Past Negative (PN), Present Hedonistic (PH), Present Fatalistic (PF), and Future (F)], the Deviation from a Balanced Time Perspective (DBTP) profile, the Deviation from a Negative Time Perspective (DNTP) profile, and mindfulness on life satisfaction (LS). The sample consisted of psychology undergraduate students (N = 867, MAGE = 20.19, SD = 3.417) in four countries: USA, Spain, Poland and Japan. We used a 17-item short version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in all countries. For ensuring measurement invariance, we conducted pairwise CFAs for the ZTPI-17, MAAS and SWLS. Regression analyses showed that PN predicted decreased LS in Poland and Japan. PP predicted increased LS in Spain. F predicted increased LS in Poland. DNTP predicted decreased LS in Poland. Mindfulness predicted decreased LS in Japan and increased LS in USA, Spain and Poland. Moreover, mediation analyses revealed that the DBTP partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and LS in Spain and USA. The DNTP partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and LS in Spain, Poland and Japan (opposite direction). The findings suggest that the association of TP, mindfulness and LS differs across the investigated countries as a function of culture.
KW - Cross-Cultural
KW - Deviation from a Negative Time Perspective (DNTP) coefficient
KW - Deviation from the Balanced Time Perspective (DBTP) coefficient
KW - Japan
KW - Life Satisfaction
KW - Mindfulness
KW - Poland
KW - Spain
KW - Time Perspective
KW - United States of America (USA)
KW - FIT INDEXES
KW - VALIDATION
KW - ADULTS
KW - RELIABILITY
KW - SELF
KW - BALANCE
KW - ATTENTION AWARENESS SCALE
KW - CUTOFF VALUES
KW - RULES
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126257835&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12144-022-02756-1
DO - 10.1007/s12144-022-02756-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 37680300
AN - SCOPUS:85126257835
SN - 1046-1310
JO - Current Psychology
JF - Current Psychology
ER -