A Time to Sleep Well and Be Contented: Time Perspective, Sleep Quality, and Life SatisfactionShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Frontiers in Psychology, E-ISSN 1664-1078, Vol. 12, article id 627836
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Abstract [en]
A major aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between time perspective, i.e., habitual ways of relating to the past, present, and future and sleep quality. A second aim was to test a model by which the expected negative relationship between deviation from a balanced time perspective (DBTP), a measure taking temporal biases across all three frames into account, and life satisfaction was mediated by poor sleep quality. To these ends, a sample of young adults (N = 386) completed a version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (S-ZTPI), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). A measure of chronotype was in addition included for control purposes. Bivariate analyses revealed that the S-ZTPI subscales Past Negative, Future Negative, and Present Fatatlistic were associated with poorer sleep quality (higher PSQI scores), with significant associations in the opposite direction for Past Positive and Future Positive. However, DBTP was the strongest predictor of (poor) sleep quality, suggesting that time perspective biases have and additive effect on sleep quality. Regression analyses with PSQI as the dependent variable and alll six ZTPI subscales as the predictors indicated that time perspective accounted for about 20% of the variance in sleep quality (17% beyond chronotype), with Past Negative, Past Positive, and Future Negative as the unique predictors. The results additionally confirmed a strong relation between DBTP and life satisfaction. Finally, data were consistent with the hypothesis that the association of DBTP and life satisfaction is mediated, in part, by sleep quality. Taken together, the results confirmed a substantial link between time perspective and sleep-related problems, factors that may have a negative impact on life satisfaction.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Frontiers Media S.A., 2021. Vol. 12, article id 627836
Keywords [en]
sleep quality, time perspective, balanced time perspective, chronotype, life satisfaction
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Social Sciences
Research subject
Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-182529DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.627836ISI: 000645542500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85105142936OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-182529DiVA, id: diva2:1547111
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Swedish Research Council2021-04-252021-04-252023-09-05Bibliographically approved