Relationship between life satisfaction and present time perspective: a study on emerging adulthood
Relationship between life satisfaction and present time perspective: a study on emerging adulthood

Summary/Abstract: Since healthy psychological functioning is the one of the most significant challenges faced during emerging adulthood, the present study attempts to examine the relationship of present fatalistic time perspective (PFTP) and life satisfaction (LS) and how much PFTP contributes in predicting life satisfaction among emerging adults. The participants were 90 emerging-adults of these, 95.5% (n=86) were male and 4.4% (n=4) were female students. The mean age of students was 18.5 years; all are student of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. The present study is correlational in nature. Responses of the participants have been taken on two questionnaires: Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS- 5, Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin 1985). Data has been analyzed through Correlation and Regression analysis. The results of the study show that there is a negative relationship between the variables. The Regression analysis shows that PFTP predicts Life Satisfaction (-.21*) however it has very little contribution in that. This study contributes to a growing body of research focusing on PFTP as an important psychological construct associated with LS. This study develops our understanding and predicting emerging adults’ behaviour.

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