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

• Authors: Sobol-Kwapinska Malgorzata , Nosal Czeslaw
• Languages of publication: EN

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

ATTITUDES TOWARDS TIME; PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME; TIME METAPHORS

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 121-129
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sobol-Kwapinska Malgorzata

author

Nosal Czeslaw

• The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

• Malgorzata Sobol-Kwapinska1, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA091235

DOI

10.2478/s10059-009-0026-y