How does one conceive time? Measurement by means of Time Metaphors Questionnaire

• Authors: Malgorzata Sobol-Kwapinska , Czesław Nosal

Abstracts

EN

Attitude towards time are usually expressed by means of metaphors. This paper presents phases of construction and validation of the Time Metaphors Questionnaire. This is a method for testing conceiving of time. An exploratory factor analyses yielded seven factor scales: Friendly Time, Hostile Time, Rapid Passage of Time, Significance of the Moment, Subtle Time, Wild Time and Empty Time. Results of correlations between scales of the Time Metaphors Questionnaire and with selected methods (Temporal Orientation Scale AION-2000, NEO-Five Factor Inventory) indicate, among other things, an ambivalence of psychological time and an importance of positive evaluation of current moment.

Keywords

EN

psychological time; time metaphors; attitudes towards time

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 121-129

Dates

published

2009

Contributors

author

Malgorzata Sobol-Kwapinska

author

Czesław Nosal

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

55993756