The Assessment of Time Attitudes Among Adolescents and Young Adults With the Polish Adolescent and Adult Time Inventory – Time Attitude Scale (AATI-TA-Polish)

Abstract

Abstract. In this paper, we examined the dimensionality, reliability, structural validity, and convergent validity of scores on the Adolescent and Adult Time Inventory – Time Attitude Scale (AATI-TA) in a sample of 989 Polish adolescents and young adults. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, confirmatory factor analyses supported both the original 6-factor model (Past Positive, Past Negative, Positive Present, Negative Present, Future Positive, and Future Negative) and an alternative time-valence model with two factors related to valence (Positivity and Negativity) and three temporal factors (Past, Present, and Future). Study 1 results also provided evidence of invariance between adolescents and adults up to latent means. AATI-TA scores were also found to be invariant by gender and national context with scores from American adolescents. AATI-TA scores also yielded satisfactory reliability estimates. In Study 2, the incremental validity of AATI-TA scores over the contributions of ZTPI scores was assessed for and demonstrated with satisfaction with life and self-esteem. Overall, the results suggest that the Polish version of the AATI-TA yields psychometrically sound scores in Polish adolescents and adults.

The Hebrew version of the adolescent and adult time inventory–time attitudes scales (AATI–TA): a validation study

“…The results indicate that Hebrew AATI–TA scores are robust. Similar to other studies with the original scale, as well as with its translation into different languages 9 , 31 , the six-factor structure of the Hebrew version of the AATI–TA was confirmed, and its six scores, reflecting negative and positive attitudes toward the past, present, and future, were found to be meaningfully related to measures of mental distress and well-being. Specifically, positive attitudes toward time were associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety, and to a lesser extent lower levels of somatic symptoms.…”