Validating a brief measure of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory

Time & Society

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 391-409

  Zhang, Jia Wei ^a   Howell, Ryan T ^a   Bowerman, Tom ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Policy Interactive Research   (United States)

Author keywords

brief measures; personality; time perspective; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887353655     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: 14617463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X12441174     Document Type: Article

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