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Time Perspective Profiles of Cultures

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This chapter summarises some results of the International Time Perspective Research Project, which is a collaborative cross-cultural study of time perspective carried out in 24 countries. The highlights of structural equivalence assessment study are presented, showing the cross-cultural invariance of 36 items of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) scale. The associations between country-level ZTPI scores and other culture-level indicators, including the Human Development Index and Hofstede cultural dimensions, are presented and discussed. Using hierarchical cluster analysis, five distinct profiles of time perspective were found (future-oriented, present-oriented, balanced, moderately fatalistic, and negative), and significant differences in the prevalence of these profiles across cultures were found. Implications and perspectives for future research are discussed.

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Differential Item Functioning Human Development Index Time Perspective Uncertainty Avoidance Future Orientation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.CopenhagenDenmark
  2. 2.Department of Social PsychologyTilburg UniversityTilburgThe Netherlands
  3. 3.North-West UniversityPotchefstroomSouth Africa
  4. 4.University of QueenslandBrisbaneAustralia
  5. 5.Department of PsychologyNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscowRussia
  6. 6.School of Psychology and Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural ResearchVictoria University of WellingtonWellingtonNew Zealand
  7. 7.Groupe de Recherche en Psychologie Sociale, Institut de PsychologieUniversité de LyonBronFrance
  8. 8.TorontoCanada
  9. 9.Psychology DepartmentStanford UniversityStanfordUSA

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