Foreword; Reflections on the Beginning of Time... Perspective; References; Laudation; The Life and Time of Philip Zimbardo; A Man of Consistent Extremes; His Escape from Present-Fatalistic and Past-Negative Time Perspectives; An Education in Future Time Perspective; A "Quantum Leap" in Future Orientation; Present-Hedonism Tempered by Future Time Perspective; Future Orientation as a Way of Life; The Beginning of the Quantitative Investigation of Time; What's Taken So Long?; Thank You for the Time; Contents; Editors; Time Perspective Theory: The Introduction; The Origins

The Time Perspective Network The Time Perspective Theory; The Impact; The Book; References; Part I: Theory, Measurement, and Development of Time Perspective; Putting Time in Perspective: A Valid, Reliable Individual-Differences Metric; Our General Conceptual Model of TP; State of Research on TP; ZTPI Scale Construction; Overview; Exploratory Factor Analysis; Confirmatory Factor Analysis; The Five ZTPI Factors; Past-Negative; Present-Hedonistic; Future; Past-Positive; Present-Fatalistic; Test-Retest Reliability; Convergent and Discriminant Validity; Method; Participants; Materials

Aggression QuestionnaireBeck Depression Inventory; Conscientiousness; Consideration of Future Consequences Scale; Ego-Control Scale (VI); Impulse Control; Novelty Seeking; Preference for Consistency Scale; Reward Dependence; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; Sensation-Seeking Scale; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; Self-Report and Demographic Questions; Results; Past-Negative; Present-Hedonistic; Future; Past-Positive; Present-Fatalistic; Supporting External Validation Studies; The Big Five Questionnaire; Risk Taking and Substance Use; Additional Tests of Discriminant Validity; Discussion

Studies of Predictive ValidityTime Perspective Case Studies; Method; Participants; TP Semistructured Interview; Procedure; Results; Past-Negative; Present-Hedonistic; Future; Past-Positive; Present-Fatalistic; Discussion; Health-Relevant Research; Sleep and Dreaming Problems; Influence of Roles and Status; Research Participation Timing; Coping With Homelessness; Conclusion and General Discussion; Limits and Extensions of the ZTPI; ZTPI and Personality Processes; Transcendental Future TP; Power of Past TP; The Present-Oriented Child in a Future-Oriented Educational Environment; A Balanced TP

Annexes AZimbardo Time Perspective Inventory Items; References; Assessing Temporal Harmony: The Issue of a Balanced Time Perspective; Introduction; BTP Indicators Based on the Results of Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI); Alternative Ways to Assess Balance; Future Directions in Research on BTP; Conclusions; References; Time Perspective and Transcendental Future Thinking; Introduction; Transcendental Future Thinking, Spirituality, and Religion; Buddhism; Christianity; Judaism; Hinduism; Islam; Transcendental Future Thinking in Psychology: Current Models and Ideas