Future time orientation and relationships with the opposite sex

2000-05-01
This study is an examination of future time orientation (FTO) and relationship satisfaction. Undergraduate students (N = 244) from Middle East Technical University were given a general FTO scale developed by T. Gjesme (1979) and a scale developed by this study's researcher to measure FTO in terms of romantic relationships. Participants were asked to rate their relationship satisfaction on a 9-point Likert-type scale. Although a general FTO was adaptive in terms of romantic relationships, a high concern for future commitment to a romantic relationship had a negative effect on reported relationship satisfaction. Research implications and suggestions for future studies are discussed.
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Citation Formats
B. Öner Özkan, “Future time orientation and relationships with the opposite sex,” JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, pp. 306–314, 2000, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34727.