Placing Motivation and Future Time Perspective Theory in a Temporal Perspective

By Joke Simons, Maarten Vansteenkiste, W. Lens, M. Lacante. 2004

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Temporal Construal in Advertising (2009, background): “For example, research suggests that since future-oriented people have a chronic focus on the future, they have a greater ability to anticipate and construe distant-future events than presentoriented people (Phalet, Andriessen, and Lens 2004; Simons et al. 2004).”
The Relationship between Future Goals and Achievement Goal Orientations: An Intrinsic-Extrinsic Motivation Perspective. (2010, background): “By understanding motivation in the context of FTP, researchers have focused on how future goals may enhance students’ engagement, level of information processing, persistence, and academic performance.”
Future-Oriented Thinking and Adjustment in a Nationwide Longitudinal Study Following the September 11th Terrorist Attacks (2005, unknown): “Psychologists have extolled the benefits of future-oriented thinking, arguing that it is motivational for academic achievement ( Simons, Vansteenkiste, Lens, & Lacante, 2004 ), promotes healthy behaviors (Ouellette, Hessling, Gibbons, Reis-Bergan, & Gerrard, 2005; Rothspan & Read, 1996; Strathman, G”
The Intersection of Students' Perceptions of Instrumentality, Self-Efficacy, and Goal Orientations in an Online Mathematics Course (2007, background): “The theoretical foundations of this research were Future Time Perspective (Simons et al., 2004) and Expectancy × Value (Wigfield & Eccles, 2002) theories of motivation.”
Less Is Sometimes More: Goal Content Matters (2004, background): “ Simons, Lens, Sheldon, & Deci, 2004; Vansteenkiste, Simons, Soenens, & Lens, 2004) complemented this correlational research by demonstrating, in a set of experimental studies, that framing a learning activity in terms of a future intrinsic versus extrinsic goal attainment results in considerably d”
Time perspective and identity formation: Short-term longitudinal dynamics in college students (2010, background): “These individuals were found to be more successful than present-oriented individuals, both academically and in their careers (Simons et al., 2004).”
Motivating Students to Engage in Learning: The MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation. (2009, background): “They have found that students are more motivated when they have more distant goals and have long-range behavioral projects to obtain those goals than when they have only short-term goals (Simons et al., 2004).”