Strough, J, Parker, AM and Bruine de Bruin, W orcid.org/0000-0002-1601-789X (2019) Restricting future time perspective reduces failure to act after a missed opportunity. Psychology and Aging, 34 (2). pp. 311-316. ISSN 0882-7974
Abstract
Inaction inertia occurs when missing an attractive opportunity (vs. not having been offered it) decreases the likelihood of acting on another similar opportunity. We experimentally manipulated future time perspective to reduce inaction inertia. Middle-aged and older adults from the Health and Retirement Study were randomly assigned to imagining restricted or expansive time left to live, or to no instructions. Across age, imagining a restricted future (vs. the other two instructions) reduced inaction inertia and future time perspective. Imagining living longer increased future time perspective among relatively younger participants. Consequences of restricted time perspective for decisions and life regrets are discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 American Psychological Association. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000301. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | future time perspective; motivation; decision making; inaction inertia; regret |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Decision Research (LUBS) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 330462 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2018 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2019 15:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/pag0000301 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134873 |