Maintaining hope at the 11th hour: authenticity buffers the effect of limited time perspective on hope. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Four studies tested the hypothesis that limited time perceptions are associated with lower levels of hope, and that this effect is buffered by high levels of authenticity. Study 1 (n = 256) utilized a cross-sectional design in which participants completed dispositional measures of time perspective, hope, and authenticity. Three subsequent studies tested our hypothesis experimentally. In a pilot study (n = 124), participants reported their perceived authenticity, future time perspective (FTP) was manipulated (limited vs. open-ended), and state hope was assessed. Study 2 (n = 156) introduced a new manipulation of FTP, and Study 3 (n = 242) replicated Study 2 with the addition of a neutral control condition. Across all studies, individuals who perceived time as limited reported lower levels of hope relative to those who perceived time as open-ended (or those in a neutral control condition), but, importantly, this effect was attenuated for highly authentic individuals.

published proceedings

  • Pers Soc Psychol Bull

altmetric score

  • 1.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Davis, W. E., & Hicks, J. A.

citation count

  • 14

complete list of authors

  • Davis, William E||Hicks, Joshua A

publication date

  • December 2013