FUTURE TIME PERSPECTIVE AND POSITIVE HEALTH PRACTICES IN YOUNG-ADULTS- AN EXTENSION

A sample of 69 young adults attending a public university responded to the Future Time Perspective Inventory, two subscales of the Time Expe rience Scales (Fast and Slow Tempo), and the Personal Lifestyle Questi onnaire in classroom settings. A statistically significant correlation (.52) was found between scores for future time perspective and the ra tings for the practice of positive health behaviors in young adults. T his correlation was larger than those previously found for middle and late adolescents. Scores on subscales of individual health practices a nd future time perspective indicated statistically significant correla tions for five (.25 to .56) of the six subscales. Scores on neither Fa st nor Slow Tempo were related to ratings of positive health practices or ratings on subscales measuring positive hearth practices.