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Opposing changes in past and future time orientations with age.

K A Dawson1

  • 1Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Merritt, British Columbia, Canada.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|December 1, 1992
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As people age, their focus on past experiences increases while their anticipation of future events decreases. This bidirectional shift in psychological time supports a model where past and future orientations change inversely with age.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Gerontology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • The concept of psychological time explores how individuals perceive and relate to the past, present, and future.
  • Previous research suggests age-related shifts in temporal orientation, but the specific dynamics of past and future focus require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the bidirectional model of psychological time, which posits that past and future orientations change in opposite directions as individuals age.
  • To examine the relationship between chronological age and the recall of past life experiences versus the anticipation of future life experiences.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 67 college students.
  • Participants' age was recorded.
  • Data were collected on the number of life experiences recalled from the distant past and expected in the near or distant future.

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Main Results:

  • Age was positively correlated with the number of distant past life experiences recalled.
  • Age was negatively correlated with the number of near or distant future life experiences expected.
  • A significant inverse relationship was observed between past and future temporal orientations with increasing age.

Conclusions:

  • The findings provide empirical support for the bidirectional model of psychological time.
  • Age-related changes in temporal orientation involve a simultaneous and inverse adjustment of past and future perspectives.
  • This bidirectional shift is consistent with principles of field theory in understanding human development.