A thematic analysis of the experience of time.
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A category system describing the human experience of time was developed in efforts to put existing theoretical notions about time ("future time perspective," "time urgency," "object constancy," etc.) into a broader theoretical context. Twenty mature, articulate, well-educated subjects were interviewed about their "experience of time." A thematic analysis of these interviews produced three major categories: (1) Change and Continuity ("becoming in time"), (2) Limits and Choices ("doing in time"), and (3) Tempo ("pacing in time"). The experience of time in various diagnostic groups was discussed in terms of the category system.
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- Authors
- Dapkus, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dapkus, Marilyn A.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1985
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 408-419
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2013589996
- Cited by
- 80
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 0.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Keywords
- temporal experience, time perception, future time perspective, time urgency, object constancy, continuity and change, tempo, diagnostic groups
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Set, Psychology, Social Environment, Time Perception
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