The Illusion of Time: Testing the Bidirectional Relationship Between Belief in Free Will and Temporal Horizons Academic Article

abstract

• The current research examined the bidirectional relationship between belief in free will and perceptions of time. Studies 1 and 2 explored the association between free will beliefs (FWB) and future time perspective (FTP) in correlational and longitudinal studies, respectively. Results indicated a positive relationship between the two constructs. Study 3 manipulated FTP and assessed FWB. Study 4 manipulated FWB and assessed FTP about current goal-pursuit. While manipulating FTP did not directly influence FWB, attenuating FWB led participants to perceive time as more limited to accomplish their goals. Exploratory mediation suggests that the perception of increased paths to successful goal-pursuit accounts for this relationship. The interplay between FWB and FTP is discussed.

authors

• Hicks, Joshua

published proceedings

• SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Seto, E., Kim, J., & Hicks, J. A.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Seto, Elizabeth||Kim, Jinhyung||Hicks, Joshua A

publication date

• March 2021

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Social Psychological and Personality Science  Journal

keywords

• Belief In Free Will
• Future Time Perspective
• Perceived Opportunities
• Temporal Horizons

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/1948550619900060

start page

• 176

end page

• 185

volume

• 12

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550619900060