The Less is More: The 17-Item Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (original) (raw)

In this article the goal was the examination of the factorial structure of a short, Hungarian version of Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI; Zimbardo and Boyd Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(6), 1271– 1288, 1999) in a sample of 1370 participants, comparing alternative factor structures through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). According to the results the short, 17 item version of ZTPI includes the original five factors and has appropriate model fit indices. Furthermore, it is reliable in terms of internal consistency and temporal stability. In the light of previous ZTPI validations with severe shortcomings, the present results might encourage radical shortening of the original ZTPI scale. Keywords Time perspective. Zimbardo time perspective inventory. Validity. CFA. Hungary The definition of time perspective (TP) is easier than its measurement: it is a process by which individuals automatically partition the flow of their personal experiences into psychological time frames of past, present and future (Nuttin 1964; Zimbardo and Boyd 1999). It has fundamental impact on relating people and interpreting events and it is learnt at an early age through influences of culture, religion, social class, edu

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