This study evaluated the factorial and convergent validity of the Temporal
Satisfaction With Life Scale (TSWLS; Pavot, Diener and Suh, 1998), which wa
s designed to measure past, present, and future life satisfaction. A sample
of psychology undergraduates (N = 223) was administered a questionnaire co
ntaining the TSWLS and a global measure of past, present, and future subjec
tive well-being (SWB), the Self-Anchoring Striving Scale (SASS; Kilpatrick
and Cantril, 1960). Results of covariance structure analyses supported a 3-
factor model (past, present, and future life satisfaction as distinct, yet
correlated, factors) for the TSWLS, demonstrated that item responding was o
nly slightly contaminated by an acquiescence bias, and showed that each of
the past, present, and future dimensions of the TSWLS was most strongly rel
ated to its corresponding global SWB rating on the SASS. Theoretical and pr
actical implications are discussed.