The role of time perspectives and impulsivity dimensions in coping styles

Abstract

Both time perspectives and impulsivity dimensions are groups of traits that are connected to self-control abilities and might be important for coping styles. However, to date, no study has systematically investigated their utility in predicting coping styles with regard to their multidimensional nature. The current study was correlational and exploratory, aiming to discover what amount of variance in each of the three coping styles, problem-oriented, active emotion-oriented and avoidant, is accounted for by two groups of predictors: time perspectives and impulsivity dimensions. N = 397 young adults aged 18-35 from the general population took part in the study. Results of a multiple linear regression testing both groups of predictors separately and of hierarchical regression analysis introducing the two predictor groups in subsequent steps suggested that time perspectives accounted for more variance in adaptive coping styles: problem-oriented and active emotion-oriented coping. For avoidant coping, both time perspectives and impulsivity dimensions accounted for a similar amount of variance. The results provide evidence that time perspectives should be investigated in domains related to coping (e.g., mental health issues, substance abuse, risk-taking behaviors), for which impulsivity has been considered an important predictor. Moreover, impulsivity ought to be tested with regard to its multidimensionality.

The role of time perspective and acculturative stress on adaptive and maladaptive stress coping strategies of Puerto Ricans living in the island of Puerto Rico and the state of Connecticut in mainland United States

“…Of those findings, the association observed in our data between maladaptive coping and acculturative stress was supported by a previous study, where higher levels of acculturative stress and frequent use of maladaptive coping were identified across Puerto Ricans living in Central Florida (Capielo Rosario et al, 2015). Similarly, the finding of Present Hedonistic having predicted maladaptive coping was supported by previous studies that have reported associations between Present Hedonistic and maladaptive/avoidance coping (Blomgren et al, 2016;Holman & Zimbardo, 1999;Nowakowska, 2020;Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999). Regarding the finding of maladaptive coping having been predicted by DBTPr (i.e.…”

“…Regarding our finding where Present Hedonistic predicted maladaptive coping, that result is supported by several previous studies that also reported positive associations between Present Hedonistic and maladaptive/avoidance coping across different countries. For instance, Present Hedonistic has appeared to be associated with maladaptive coping in the US (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999), Russia (Bolotova & Hachaturova, 2013), Sweden (Blomgren et al, 2016), and Poland (Nowakowska, 2020). Thus, Present Hedonistic appears to be culturally invariant in its predictability of maladaptive coping across cultures, including Hispanic/Latino populations like Puerto Ricans.…”

“…In Poland, a study conducted across young adults aimed to explore which TPs might predict three types of coping strategies: (1) problem-oriented; (2) active emotion-oriented; and (3) avoidant (Nowakowska, 2020). Past Positive emerged as the most prominent predictor of problemoriented and active emotion-oriented coping out of all the TPs.…”