Time perspective, meaning in life and subjective well-being in macedonian undergraduate students

Abstract

According to previous studies, there is strong relationship between some factors of Zimbardo’s time perspective model and well-being, between meaning in life and well-being, as well as between time perspective and meaning in life. Having in mind that similar research haven’t been conveyed so far in Republic of Macedonia, the goal of this study was to test inter-correlations among mentioned variables and to explore whether time perspective and meaning in life are signifi cant predictors of the subjective well-being. Participants were undergraduate psychology students from University “Ss Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje. They have completed surveys that assessed time perspective (ZTPI), meaning in life (MLQ) and subjective well-being (PANAS and SWLS). The results have shown that subjective well-being is associated with presence of meaning in life, orientation toward present pleasure (PH), sentimental attitude toward the past (PP) and lack of negative view of the past (PN). Furthermore PH and PP appeared important for presence of meaning in life, while future orientation was associated with search of meaning in life. Finally, it was found that presence of meaning in life and Past-Negative factor signifi cantly predict students’ subjective well-being. Overall, the evidence indicates that most of the previous fi ndings are valid for Macedonian context as well.