The relationship between time attitudes and different aspects of adolescent and young adult well-being: a scoping review of current foreign studies

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Context and relevance.</strong> Adolescents' time perspective and attitudes toward time are key psychological resources for well-being during maturation. The theoretical framework of this review integrates contempora...

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Main Author: A.S. Khegay
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Language:Russian
Published: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education 2025-06-01
Series:Современная зарубежная психология
Online Access:https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/jmfp/archive/2025_n2/Khegay
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description <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Context and relevance.</strong> Adolescents' time perspective and attitudes toward time are key psychological resources for well-being during maturation. The theoretical framework of this review integrates contemporary approaches to analyzing adolescent TP, grounded in Philip Zimbardo&rsquo;s five-factor model and the six-factor model by Z. Mello and F. Worrell. <strong>Objective.</strong> To examine the relationship between adolescents&rsquo; time attitudes and various aspects of their well-being, based on recent international studies. <strong>Hypothesis.</strong> Positive attitudes towards the past, present, and future will correlate with proactive, health-promoting behaviors, higher academic motivation, and better mental health, while negative time attitudes will associate with psychological distress symptoms. <strong>Methods and materials.</strong> This scope review (PRISMA-guided) analyzes 19 peer-reviewed studies (2019&mdash;2024), selected from 697 sources. <strong>Results.</strong>Adolescents with a totally positive time attitude profile (positive views of past, present, and future) demonstrated more adaptive behaviors than those with negative or ambivalent profiles (e.g., positive future/present but negative past). Some studies highlighted maladaptive effects of excessive fantasizing about an idealized future. <strong>Conclusions. </strong>Time perspective and time attitudes are important psychological resources of adolescents. The findings underscore the potential of psychoeducational interventions to foster holistic positive time attitudes, enhancing adolescent well-being. Further research is needed on youth in adverse life circumstances.</p> <div class="XTranslate" style="all: unset;">&nbsp;</div> <div class="XTranslate" style="all: unset;"></div>
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spelling doaj-art-a26bf0ff2d944cf8a448403cfa60697e2025-08-20T03:31:31ZrusMoscow State University of Psychology and EducationСовременная зарубежная психология2304-49772025-06-0114213114010.17759/jmfp.2025140213The relationship between time attitudes and different aspects of adolescent and young adult well-being: a scoping review of current foreign studiesA.S. Khegay0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5322-4222National Research University Higher School of Economics <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Context and relevance.</strong> Adolescents' time perspective and attitudes toward time are key psychological resources for well-being during maturation. The theoretical framework of this review integrates contemporary approaches to analyzing adolescent TP, grounded in Philip Zimbardo&rsquo;s five-factor model and the six-factor model by Z. Mello and F. Worrell. <strong>Objective.</strong> To examine the relationship between adolescents&rsquo; time attitudes and various aspects of their well-being, based on recent international studies. <strong>Hypothesis.</strong> Positive attitudes towards the past, present, and future will correlate with proactive, health-promoting behaviors, higher academic motivation, and better mental health, while negative time attitudes will associate with psychological distress symptoms. <strong>Methods and materials.</strong> This scope review (PRISMA-guided) analyzes 19 peer-reviewed studies (2019&mdash;2024), selected from 697 sources. <strong>Results.</strong>Adolescents with a totally positive time attitude profile (positive views of past, present, and future) demonstrated more adaptive behaviors than those with negative or ambivalent profiles (e.g., positive future/present but negative past). Some studies highlighted maladaptive effects of excessive fantasizing about an idealized future. <strong>Conclusions. </strong>Time perspective and time attitudes are important psychological resources of adolescents. The findings underscore the potential of psychoeducational interventions to foster holistic positive time attitudes, enhancing adolescent well-being. Further research is needed on youth in adverse life circumstances.</p> <div class="XTranslate" style="all: unset;">&nbsp;</div> <div class="XTranslate" style="all: unset;"></div>https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/jmfp/archive/2025_n2/Khegay
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The relationship between time attitudes and different aspects of adolescent and young adult well-being: a scoping review of current foreign studies
Современная зарубежная психология
title The relationship between time attitudes and different aspects of adolescent and young adult well-being: a scoping review of current foreign studies
title_full The relationship between time attitudes and different aspects of adolescent and young adult well-being: a scoping review of current foreign studies
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title_full_unstemmed The relationship between time attitudes and different aspects of adolescent and young adult well-being: a scoping review of current foreign studies
title_short The relationship between time attitudes and different aspects of adolescent and young adult well-being: a scoping review of current foreign studies
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