Assessment of time management skills: psychometric properties of the Swedish version

Janeslätt, Gunnel; Lidström-Holmqvist, Kajsa; White, Suzanne; Holmefur, Marie

doi:10.1080/11038128.2017.1375009

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“…The ATMS-S has subscales measuring three constructs: time management skills (11 items), organization and planning (11 items), and regulation of emotion (5 items). Each item has a four-point rating scale from 1 (never) to 4 (always; Janeslätt et al, 2017). The ATMS-S scores for each subscale were transformed to interval-level ATMS units, ranging from 0 to 100, by means of Rasch analysis.…”

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Pilot Study of Let’s Get Organized: A Group Intervention for Improving Time Management

Holmefur

Lidström-Holmqvist

Roshanai

et al. 2019

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Importance: There is a need for evidence-based occupational therapy interventions to enhance time management in people with time management difficulties. Objective: To pilot test the first part of the Let’s Get Organized (LGO) occupational therapy intervention in a Swedish context by exploring enhancements of time management skills, aspects of executive functioning, and satisfaction with daily occupations in people with time management difficulties because of neurodevelopmental or mental disorders. Design: One-group pretest–posttest design with 3-mo follow-up. Setting: Outpatient psychiatric and habilitation settings. Participants: Fifty-five people with confirmed or suspected mental or neurodevelopmental disorder and self-reported difficulties with time management in daily life. Intervention: Swedish version of Let’s Get Organized (LGO–S) Part 1, with structured training in the use of cognitive assistive techniques and strategies using trial-and-error learning strategies in 10 weekly group sessions of 1.5 hr. Outcomes and Measures: Time management, organization and planning, and emotional regulation were measured with the Swedish version of the Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS–S). Executive functioning was measured with the Swedish version of the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity, and satisfaction with daily occupations was assessed with the Satisfaction With Daily Occupations measure. Results: Participants displayed significantly improved time management, organization and planning skills, and emotional regulation, as well as satisfaction with daily occupations. Aspects of executive functioning were partly improved. ATMS–S results were sustained at 3-mo follow-up. Conclusion and Relevance: LGO–S Part 1 is a promising intervention for improving time management skills and satisfaction with daily occupations and should be investigated further. What This Article Adds: This study shows that LGO–S Part 1 is feasible for use in psychiatric and habilitation outpatient services. The results are promising for improved time management skills, organization and planning skills, and satisfaction with daily occupations and need to be confirmed in further studies.

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Pilot Study of Let’s Get Organized: A Group Intervention for Improving Time Management

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Lidström-Holmqvist

Roshanai

et al. 2019

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…The results of person and item reliability indicated that ATMS items were highly consistent and replicable, but it was probably not measuring only one single trait according to the PCA of the residuals. Consequently, ATMS items were divided into subscales: time management (11 items), organization and planning (11 items), and regulation of emotion (5 items) based on the Swedish findings [15] in order to explore whether the same structure holds. Items 3, 4, and 27 which 3 Occupational Therapy International illustrated misfit in both the Swedish and English versions were omitted.…”

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“…The ATMS is a self-reported 30-item questionnaire aimed at measuring how and how much people adapt their behavior to manage time in daily life [ 14 ]. Recently, a Swedish version of the ATMS (ATMS-S) was developed by our research group [ 15 ], by translating and adapting it culturally and conceptually to Swedish society. The instrument was also adapted to an expanded target group including individuals with neurodevelopmental or mild intellectual disability.…”

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“…The instrument was also adapted to an expanded target group including individuals with neurodevelopmental or mild intellectual disability. Results from a construct validity evaluation using Rasch analysis in persons with and without disabilities ( n = 94 and n = 144, respectively) showed that the ATMS-S (when reduced to 27 items) measures three constructs (1) time management, (2) organization and planning, and (3) regulation of emotions related to time management [ 15 ]; however, construct validity has not been evaluated in the original English version. The ATMS-S has been used to evaluate intervention in a pilot study in Sweden [ 2 ] and proved useful to detect changes in individuals with cognitive impairments.…”

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The Psychometric Properties of the Original Version of Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS)

Roshanai

Janeslätt

Lidström-Holmqvist

et al. 2022

Occupational Therapy International

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Background. To perform daily activities, time management and organizational skills are essential and therefore also important intervention focus in occupational therapy. To guide and evaluate intervention, valid and reliable instruments that measure time management and organization skills are necessary. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS). Methods. Eligible participants were volunteer adults from the general population who were aged between 18 and 65 years, had a good understanding of English, and were not currently involved in any training or education to improve time management. The ATMS was filled out as a computer-administered survey. Rasch measurement analysis was used to evaluate the validity and aspects of reliability of the ATMS. Results. In total, 241 adults (112 male and 129 female, mean age = 40 ) participated. The analysis of principal components of residuals (PCA) and the item goodness-of-fit indicated that the 30-item scale does not measure only one single trait. Three subscales, time management (11 items), organization and planning (11 items), and regulation of emotion (5 items), were detected. One item each on the 11-item subscale showed misfit, but they were kept due to high relevance. All three subscales showed excellent results on analyses of PCA, local independence, and reliability. Conclusions and Relevance. ATMS can provide valid measures of time management, organization and planning skills, and regulation of emotion in a general population and presumably also in a population with cognitive impairment. The measure is useful for occupational therapists in assessing patients’ strengths and barriers in time management skills. It can also be useful in identifying the necessity of training time management skills, to guide OT intervention programs and to evaluate interventions. What This Article Adds. Knowledge about the psychometric properties and usefulness of the ATMS in English-speaking countries.

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“…[7] These skills also help in the transition of a medical student to a physician when he realizes that his time is no more his own, at such a point, TMS awareness may be savior. [8,9] Time management requires understanding regarding a blend of structured and unstructured time-consuming tasks followed by fragmenting them according to priorities and then managing them systematically. [10] There is a lack of standard methods to impart the skills of time management to students; rather this skill is learned by observing the seniors or others whom students idealize.…”

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Time management skills: Early sensitization among first-year medical undergraduates

Mathur

Kaur

Singh

et al. 2021

AUJMSR

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Objectives: Time management skills (TMSs) in medical undergraduates determine their success and development of clinical competence in the later part of their career. This study was designed for early sensitization of students to TMSs using “Modified Action Priority Matrix.” Materials and Methods: First-year medical undergraduates (n = 228) were enrolled in the study, after need assessment for time management, they were engaged in session for TMS development. They were sensitized about the use of a modified action priority matrix (MAPM) for time management. Results: On analyzing the results of pre and post-test sessions, significant improvement in students’ performance (P < 0.05) was noted. Reflection of students regarding the MAPM also depicted that this method helped them to manage their time effectively by ordering their activities as low, medium, and high priority ones. Conclusion: Skills of time management imparted using MAPM is an effective method and importance of early exposure of TMSs is undoubtedly high.

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Assessment of time management skills: psychometric properties of the Swedish version

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

Pilot Study of Let’s Get Organized: A Group Intervention for Improving Time Management

Pilot Study of Let’s Get Organized: A Group Intervention for Improving Time Management

The Psychometric Properties of the Original Version of Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS)

Time management skills: Early sensitization among first-year medical undergraduates

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