Time perspective and early-onset substance use: A model based on stress–coping theory.
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This research tested the relation of time perspective to early-onset substance use (tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana) with a sample of 454 elementary school students with a mean age of 11.8 years. An adaptation of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (P. G. Zimbardo & J. N. Boyd, 1999) was administered with measures derived from stress-coping theory. Independent effects showed future orientation inversely related to substance use and present orientation positively related to substance use. Structural modeling analysis indicated that the relation of time perspective measures to substance use was indirect, mediated through behavioral coping and anger coping. Proximal factors for substance use were negative affect, peer substance use, and resistance efficacy. Results are discussed with respect to epigenetic models and the role of executive functions in self-control ability.
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Present time perspective is significantly correlated with substance use.
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- Authors
- Wills, T. A., Sandy, J. M., & Yaeger, A. M.
- Affiliations
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- ORCID
- Wills, Thomas Ashby
- Venue
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
- Published
- 2001
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 118-125
- ISSN
- 0893-164X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1501
- OpenAlex
- W4235951243
- Cited by
- 277
- References
- 42
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- FWCI
- 6.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5k02da000252-10)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K02 DA00252)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Keywords
- time perspective, early onset of substance use, stress and coping theory, coping, adolescents, substance use initiation
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Psychological Theory, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Time Factors, Age of Onset, Substance-Related Disorders
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