William G. Collier
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, North Carolina, USA
Email: [email protected]
Abstract: Time perspective (TP) refers to a habitual way that individuals think of time. For instance, individuals with a future TP habitually think and prepare for the future. Future TP has been linked with creativity. This study examines future TP and self-ratings of creativity across five domains. Regression analyses found that future TP predicted self-ratings of scholarly creativity (R2 = .07), artistic creativity (R2 = .06), and self/everyday creativity (R2 = .10). Future TP, however, did not predict self-ratings of performance creativity, nor mechanical/scientific creativity. Further research should explore the influence of future TP in combination with other factors on creativity. Further research should also study the influence of future TP on actual creative contributions across domains of creativity. Several sex differences on ratings of past-negative TP and mechanical/scientific creativity are also discussed, as well as one ethnic difference on performance creativity.
Keywords: Future Time Perspective; Time Perspective; Self-Ratings of Domains of Creativity; Creativity; Sex Differences; Ethnic Differences.