The Less is More: The 17-Item Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory

Current Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 39-47

  Orosz, Gábor ^a,b   Dombi, Edina ^c   Tóth Király, István ^a   Roland Lévy, Christine ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Research Centre for Natural Sciences Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

CFA; Hungary; Time perspective; Validity; Zimbardo time perspective inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014003331     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-015-9382-2     Document Type: Article

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