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1. Thinking about the past, present, and future: Time perspective and self‐esteem in adolescents, young adults, middle‐aged adults, and older adults

Author

Mello, Zena R, Barber, Sarah J, Vasilenko, Sara A, Chandler, Julie, and Howell, Ryan

Subjects
Psychology, Applied and Developmental Psychology, Pediatric, Aging, Adolescent, Aged, Humans, Middle Aged, Self Concept, Time Perception, Young Adult, adolescents, lifespan, middle-aged adults, older adults, self-esteem, time orientation, time perspective, time relation, young adults, Cognitive Sciences, Developmental & Child Psychology, Applied and developmental psychology, Cognitive and computational psychology, Social and personality psychology
Abstract

We examined time perspective and self-esteem in adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults. Time perspective was measured with scales that assess relative orientations and relationships among the past, present, and future. Age effects were examined with standard analytic strategies to determine categorical differences between age groups and with new statistical techniques designed to show continuous age patterns. Findings indicated that (1) thinking about the future was greatest for adolescents and young adults and lowest for middle-aged and older adults, and thinking about the present increased across ages; (2) fewer adolescents and middle-aged participants perceived that the time periods were interrelated compared to younger and older adults; and (3) across ages, a greater emphasis towards the past compared to other time periods was associated with lower self-esteem, whereas emphasizing the present and the future jointly was associated with higher self-esteem.

Published
2022

2. Thinking about the past, present, and future: Time perspective and self-esteem in adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults.

Author

Mello, Zena R, Barber, Sarah J, Vasilenko, Sara A, Chandler, Julie, and Howell, Ryan

Subjects
adolescents, lifespan, middle-aged adults, older adults, self-esteem, time orientation, time perspective, time relation, young adults, Psychology, Cognitive Sciences, Developmental & Child Psychology
Abstract

We examined time perspective and self-esteem in adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults. Time perspective was measured with scales that assess relative orientations and relationships among the past, present, and future. Age effects were examined with standard analytic strategies to determine categorical differences between age groups and with new statistical techniques designed to show continuous age patterns. Findings indicated that (1) thinking about the future was greatest for adolescents and young adults and lowest for middle-aged and older adults, and thinking about the present increased across ages; (2) fewer adolescents and middle-aged participants perceived that the time periods were interrelated compared to younger and older adults; and (3) across ages, a greater emphasis towards the past compared to other time periods was associated with lower self-esteem, whereas emphasizing the present and the future jointly was associated with higher self-esteem.

Published
2021

6. What a Difference a Day Makes: Differences in Initial Abstinence Response During a Smoking Cessation Attempt

Author

Piper, Megan E., Vasilenko, Sara A., Cook, Jessica W., and Lanza, Stephanie T.

Subjects
Adult, Counseling, Male, Ecological Momentary Assessment, Tobacco Use Disorder, Middle Aged, Article, Tobacco Use Cessation Devices, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, Wisconsin, Double-Blind Method, Recurrence, Humans, Female, Smoking Cessation, Craving
Abstract

To (1) identify distinct classes of smokers based on quit day withdrawal symptoms and (2) explore the relations between withdrawal classes and demographics, tobacco dependence, treatment and smoking outcomes.Secondary data analysis of participants (n = 1504) in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled multi-site smoking cessation trial who provided ecological momentary assessments of withdrawal symptoms on their quit day. Participants received smoking cessation counseling and were randomized to receive placebo or one of five active pharmacotherapies.Research offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.Adult smokers (n = 1236; 58% female, 86% white), recruited from the community via advertisements, who abstained on their quit day.Demographics and tobacco dependence were assessed at baseline and participants carried palmtop computers to record withdrawal symptoms (craving, negative affect, difficulty concentrating, hunger and anhedonia) on their quit day. Point-prevalence abstinence and latency to relapse were assessed at 8 weeks and 6 months post-quit.Latent class analysis identified four withdrawal classes [Akaike information criterion (AIC) = 70.09]: Moderate withdrawal (64% of sample), high craving-anhedonia (8% of sample), affective withdrawal (13% of sample) and hunger (15% of sample). The high craving-anhedonia class reported significantly higher dependence (P 0.01), were less likely to have received combination nicotine replacement, reported lower week 8 abstinence rates and relapsed sooner than those in the moderate withdrawal class (P 0.05). The affective withdrawal class reported higher levels of baseline negative affect and life-time psychopathology (P 0.05) and relapsed more quickly than the moderate withdrawal class (P 0.01).While the majority of smokers report typical levels of withdrawal symptoms on their quit day, more than one-third report extreme craving or extreme negative affective or extreme hunger responses to initial abstinence. These distinct quit-day withdrawal symptom patterns are related to baseline characteristics, treatment and cessation success.

Published
2016

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